Amphitrite - Wife to Poseidon and a water nymph. Poseidon - God of the sea and son to Cronos and Rhea. The Trident is his symbol. Arachne - Lost a weaving contest to Athene and was turned into a spider. Father was a dyer of wool. Athene - Goddess of wisdom. Daughter of Zeus who came out of Zeus’s head. Eros - Son of Aphrodite who’s Roman name is Cupid; Shoots arrows to make people fall in love. Demeter - Goddess of the harvest and fertility. Daughter of Cronos and Rhea. Hades - Ruler of the underworld, Tartaros. Son of Cronos and Rhea. Brother to Zeus and Poseidon. Hermes - God of commerce, patron of liars, thieves, gamblers, and travelers. The messenger god. Persephone - Daughter of Demeter. Painted the flowers of the field and was taken to the underworld by Hades. Daedalus - Greece’s greatest inventor and architect. Built the Labyrinth to house the Minotaur. Created wings to fly off the island of Crete. Icarus - Flew too high to the sun after being warned and died in the sea which was named after him. Son of Daedalus. Oranos - Titan of the Sky. Son of Gaia and father to Cronos. Aphrodite - Born from the foam of Oceanus and the blood of Oranos. She’s the goddess of Love and beauty. Prometheus - Known as mankind’s first friend. Was tied to a Mountain and liver eaten forever. Son of Oranos and Gaia. Gave fire and taught men how to hunt. Apollo - God of the sun and also medicine, gold, and music. Son of Zeus and Leto. Baucis - Old peasant woman entertained Zeus and Hermes. Died with her husband and was turned into a tree. Clymene - Mother to Phaethon who sent her son to Apollo. Heliades - Daughters of Apollo, Roman name Helios, who mourned Phaethon’s death. Pandora - First fashioned woman. Known as “all gifted” and released the ills of mankind from a box. Phaethon - Tried to steer Apollo’s chariot and died. Son to Apollo. Philemon - Husband to Baucis and entertained Zeus and Hermes. Died and turned into a tree. Atlas - This titan’s punishment was to hold up the Earth. Bellerophon - A young Corinthian who killed the beast, Chimera. Hercules - Strongest man to ever live. Completed 10 labors to become immortal. Son of Zeus and Alcemene. Medusa - Known for turning people to stone. Hair was of snakes and was the youngest Gorgon sister. Narcissus - A Greek character who fell in love with himself Couldn’t leave a pond and fell in and died. Oedipus - Rescued Thebes from the Sphinx. A prophesy was told that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Son of Laius and Iocasta. Pegasus - The winged horse that helped Bellerphon. Perseus - Known as the “Golden Boy”. Killed Medusa and was son to Zeus and Danae. Theseus - Killed the Minotaur. Son of Aegeus and Athera. (Some say Poseidon was father.).