A Quick Guide to Greek Mythology
Website design By BotEap.comThe Greeks believed in many gods (and many generations of gods) and believed that they had supernatural powers and human weaknesses. Probably the greatest beings in Greek mythology are the twelve Olympian gods who took their name from the place where they lived: Mount Olympus.
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The ruler of the Olympian gods and God of the sky, thunder and justice. His weapon is lightning. Married to Hera. Website design By BotEap.comPoseidon
The God of the sea, earthquakes and horses. His weapon is a trident and is the second in the power of Zeus. Website design By BotEap.comhell
God of the underworld and wealth. Lord of the dead. Website design By BotEap.comHestia
Goddess of home and home. Zeus’s sister. Website design By BotEap.comHera
The goddess of women, marriage and childbirth. The reigning female goddess of Olympia because she was married to Zeus. Website design By BotEap.comAris
God of War. Son of Zeus and Hera. Website design By BotEap.comAthena
The goddess of wisdom, reason, intelligent activity, the arts, and literature. A daughter of Zeus. Website design By BotEap.comApollo
The God of the sun, light, healing, medicine, music, poetry, prophecy, archery, and truth. Son of Zeus and Leto and twin brother of Artemis. Website design By BotEap.comAphrodite
The goddess of love, desire, beauty and fertility. Website design By BotEap.comHermes
The fastest of the gods and messenger of all other gods. God of commerce, thieves, commerce and travelers. Son of Zeus and Maya. Website design By BotEap.comSagebrush
Goddess of chastity, virginity, childbirth, hunting, the forest, the moon and the natural environment. Daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo. Website design By BotEap.comHephaestus
The God of fire and the forge. Son of Zeus and Hera and husband of Aphrodite. Website design By BotEap.comDaedalus and Icarus
Daedalus was a famous sculptor and builder who built a great labyrinth called “The Labyrinth” under the Palace of Knossos in Crete in which King Minos had a monster: half man half bull (the Minotaur). The structure was made up of such an intricate tangle that it was impossible to get out of it. Once the labyrinth was completed, King Minos did not want Daedalus to be able to tell his secret to anyone else, so he imprisoned him and his only son, Icarus, in a high tower. Daedalus and Icarus did not like being prisoners, so they began to think of ways to escape. After observing the birds from the tower windows, Deadalus decided to make wings out of bird feathers and wax for himself and his son so that they could fly and be free. By tying his son’s wings, Daedalus warned his son not to fly too close to the sea as the moisture from the waves would wet the feathers making them too heavy to fly and not to fly too high in the sky as the sun would melt. the wax. Icarus was so fascinated with flight that he forgot his father’s warnings and began to fly higher and higher. As he ascended to the sky his wings began to melt, when Icarus realized what was happening he tried to fly lower again but it was too late the wings split, he fell into the water and drowned. Website design By BotEap.comTheseus and Ariadne
King Minos (the king of Crete) had a powerful army that all of Greece feared. He agreed with King Aegues (of Athens) that he would not attack Athens if the people of Athens agreed to send seven boys and seven girls as food for the Minotaur each year. When the time came to send the boys and girls to Crete, Prince Theseus (the son of King Aegean) wanted to save the boys and everyone who might be sent in the future, so he decided to go with them to kill the Minotaur. The Aegean king begged his son not to be because he feared that his son would also be eaten by the minotaur. But Theseus insisted and set sail for Crete in a ship with a black sail, promising his father that the ships’ sails would be exchanged for a white one to announce whether he had won and lived to return home. When they arrived in Crete, they were greeted by King Minos and his daughter Ariadne. Princess Ariadne immediately fell in love with Prince Theseus and decided to help him with his mission. That night he gave Theseus a sword and a ball of string and instructed him to tie the ball of string to the door of the labyrinth where the minotaur lived and unroll it as he traversed the labyrinth so that he could use it to find his own. come out again once he had killed the minotaur with the sword. Prince Theseus did exactly as he was ordered and after finding the minotaur a great battle was fought which Theseus won by killing the minotaur and he was able to get out of the labyrinth using the ball of yarn to guide him. Website design By BotEap.comPandora’s box
According to Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth and was created by the god Zeus in an act of revenge against man. He instructed Hephaestus to create a beautiful woman whom the gods endowed with all charms (along with curiosity and deception) and sent her to earth as a gift to Epimetheus, who fell in love with her and they married. As a wedding gift, Zeus sent Pandora a beautiful box that he told her never to open and gave the key to the box to Epimetheus. Over time, Pandora became very curious about the contents of the box and several times begged Epimetheus to let her open it, but each time he said “No.” Finally, one day, when Epimetheus was asleep, Pandora stole the key and opened the box. As he lifted the lid to take a look inside the terrible things flying out of the box, all kinds of disasters man had never known before: sickness, despair, malice, greed, hatred, violence, cruelty, and war. Unable to catch all of these things before they flew off, Pandora closed the lid and turned the key, keeping only the spirit of hope that Zeus had included within to help keep people going when unpleasant things got them down.
The ruler of the Olympian gods and God of the sky, thunder and justice. His weapon is lightning. Married to Hera. Website design By BotEap.comPoseidon
The God of the sea, earthquakes and horses. His weapon is a trident and is the second in the power of Zeus. Website design By BotEap.comhell
God of the underworld and wealth. Lord of the dead. Website design By BotEap.comHestia
Goddess of home and home. Zeus’s sister. Website design By BotEap.comHera
The goddess of women, marriage and childbirth. The reigning female goddess of Olympia because she was married to Zeus. Website design By BotEap.comAris
God of War. Son of Zeus and Hera. Website design By BotEap.comAthena
The goddess of wisdom, reason, intelligent activity, the arts, and literature. A daughter of Zeus. Website design By BotEap.comApollo
The God of the sun, light, healing, medicine, music, poetry, prophecy, archery, and truth. Son of Zeus and Leto and twin brother of Artemis. Website design By BotEap.comAphrodite
The goddess of love, desire, beauty and fertility. Website design By BotEap.comHermes
The fastest of the gods and messenger of all other gods. God of commerce, thieves, commerce and travelers. Son of Zeus and Maya. Website design By BotEap.comSagebrush
Goddess of chastity, virginity, childbirth, hunting, the forest, the moon and the natural environment. Daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo. Website design By BotEap.comHephaestus
The God of fire and the forge. Son of Zeus and Hera and husband of Aphrodite. Website design By BotEap.comDaedalus and Icarus
Daedalus was a famous sculptor and builder who built a great labyrinth called “The Labyrinth” under the Palace of Knossos in Crete in which King Minos had a monster: half man half bull (the Minotaur). The structure was made up of such an intricate tangle that it was impossible to get out of it. Once the labyrinth was completed, King Minos did not want Daedalus to be able to tell his secret to anyone else, so he imprisoned him and his only son, Icarus, in a high tower. Daedalus and Icarus did not like being prisoners, so they began to think of ways to escape. After observing the birds from the tower windows, Deadalus decided to make wings out of bird feathers and wax for himself and his son so that they could fly and be free. By tying his son’s wings, Daedalus warned his son not to fly too close to the sea as the moisture from the waves would wet the feathers making them too heavy to fly and not to fly too high in the sky as the sun would melt. the wax. Icarus was so fascinated with flight that he forgot his father’s warnings and began to fly higher and higher. As he ascended to the sky his wings began to melt, when Icarus realized what was happening he tried to fly lower again but it was too late the wings split, he fell into the water and drowned. Website design By BotEap.comTheseus and Ariadne
King Minos (the king of Crete) had a powerful army that all of Greece feared. He agreed with King Aegues (of Athens) that he would not attack Athens if the people of Athens agreed to send seven boys and seven girls as food for the Minotaur each year. When the time came to send the boys and girls to Crete, Prince Theseus (the son of King Aegean) wanted to save the boys and everyone who might be sent in the future, so he decided to go with them to kill the Minotaur. The Aegean king begged his son not to be because he feared that his son would also be eaten by the minotaur. But Theseus insisted and set sail for Crete in a ship with a black sail, promising his father that the ships’ sails would be exchanged for a white one to announce whether he had won and lived to return home. When they arrived in Crete, they were greeted by King Minos and his daughter Ariadne. Princess Ariadne immediately fell in love with Prince Theseus and decided to help him with his mission. That night he gave Theseus a sword and a ball of string and instructed him to tie the ball of string to the door of the labyrinth where the minotaur lived and unroll it as he traversed the labyrinth so that he could use it to find his own. come out again once he had killed the minotaur with the sword. Prince Theseus did exactly as he was ordered and after finding the minotaur a great battle was fought which Theseus won by killing the minotaur and he was able to get out of the labyrinth using the ball of yarn to guide him. Website design By BotEap.comPandora’s box
According to Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth and was created by the god Zeus in an act of revenge against man. He instructed Hephaestus to create a beautiful woman whom the gods endowed with all charms (along with curiosity and deception) and sent her to earth as a gift to Epimetheus, who fell in love with her and they married. As a wedding gift, Zeus sent Pandora a beautiful box that he told her never to open and gave the key to the box to Epimetheus. Over time, Pandora became very curious about the contents of the box and several times begged Epimetheus to let her open it, but each time he said “No.” Finally, one day, when Epimetheus was asleep, Pandora stole the key and opened the box. As he lifted the lid to take a look inside the terrible things flying out of the box, all kinds of disasters man had never known before: sickness, despair, malice, greed, hatred, violence, cruelty, and war. Unable to catch all of these things before they flew off, Pandora closed the lid and turned the key, keeping only the spirit of hope that Zeus had included within to help keep people going when unpleasant things got them down.