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ZEUS: Jupiter. Father of gods and mortals. Son of Cronos and Rhea.
VULCAN: Roman god of fire
VENUS: Roman goddess of love
URANUS: God of the sky. The most ancient of gods.
ULYSSES: Roman equivalent of Odysseus
TITANS: The children of Uranus and Gaea
TELEMACHUS: Son of Odysseus and Penelope
TANTALUS: King of Sipylus. Son of Zeus and Pluto.
STYX: one of the five rivers of Hades
SOL: Roman sun god
SIRENS: Sea nymphs of Greek mythology
SATYRS: half-human woodland spirits, with the legs and feet of goats
SATURN: Roman god of agriculture
PSYCHE: A beautiful maiden. Personification of the soul. Made immortal by Zeus.
PROMETHEUS: The father of mankind
POSEIDON: Greek god of the sea
PLEIADES: The seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Changed into stars.
PEGASUS: winged horse, offspring of Poseidon and Medusa
PANDORA: The first mortal woman, fashioned from clay by Hephaestus. Famous box.
ORION: The hunter. Son of Poseidon. Astronomical constellation.
OEDIPUS: King of Thebes. Married his own mother.
ODYSSEUS: Ulysses, King of Ithaca. Famous for long journey (Odyssey).
NIKE: Victoria, Goddess of victory, a constant companion of Zeus
NEPTUNE: Poseidon, Roman god of the waters
NEMESIS: Goddess of retribution
NARCISSUS: Son of Cephisus and Leiriope. Fell in love with his own reflection.
MINOTAUR: Body of a man, head of a bull.
MINERVA: Athena, Roman goddess of war
MIDAS: King of Phrygia. Silenus gave him the "golden touch".
MERCURY: Hermes, Roman messenger of the gods, son of Jupiter
MARS: Ares, Roman god of war and agriculture
JUPITER: Zeus, Supreme Roman god, god of the skies, rain, and weather.
JASON: King of Iolcus, leader of the Argonauts.
IRIS: Messenger of the gods. Goddess of rainbows.
ICARUS: Son of Daedalus. Flew too close to the sun.
HESPERUS: He was carried away by the wind to become the evening star.
HERMES: Mercury, the messenger of the gods. Son of Zeus.
HERCULES: Son of Zeus. The most popular of heroes.
HEPHAESTUS: God of fire, son of Zeus
HELIOS: he sun-god
HELEN: Queen of Sparta
HADES: The abode of the dead
GORGONS: Daughters of Ceto and Phorcys. (Look at them, and turn to stone!)
FURIES: Roman goddesses of vengeance
FORTUNA: Roman goddess of chance, fortune and luck
FLORA: Roman goddess of gardens and flowers
EROS: God of love
EREBUS: Underworld darkness below Hades through which all the dead must pass
DIANA: Roman goddess of forests and groves
DAEDALUS: Athenian inventor. Flew with Icarus.
CYCLOPS: one-eyed monsters
CUPID: Roman equivalent of Eros, god of love. Depicted with wings.
CHIMERA: firebreathing daughter of Echidna and Typhon
CEPHEUS: King of Ethiopia, father of Andromeda
CENTAURS: Inhabitants of Thessaly, half human, half horse
CALYPSO: daughter of Atlas
BACCHUS: Greek god of wine, son of Zeus
AURORA: Roman goddess of the dawn, daughter of Uranus
ATLAS: King of Mauretania, carried the weight of the world on his shoulders
ATHENA: Minerva, Greek goddess of war, wisdom, and the liberal arts
ARES: Mars, God of war. Son of Zeus and Hera. An Olympian.
APOLLO: God of prophecy, healing and music. An Olympian.
APHRODITE: Venus, Goddess of sensual love and beauty, daughter of Zeus
ANTIGONE: daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta
ANDROMEDA: daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, astronomical constellation
AMAZONS: mythical female warriors of Cappadocia
AGAMEMNON: King of Mycenae and Argos
AENEAS: son of Anchises and Aphrodite
AEGEUS: King of Athens
ADONIS: son of Cinyras and Cenchreis, famous for his great beauty
ACHILLES: son of Peleus and Thetis, famous for heel!