Greek Mythology

​ Greek Mythology

By: Hannah Baldwin

Table of Contents

Page 3-5: Greek Gods, Goddesses, Monsters, and Heros.
Page 8: The Greek Gods.
Page 9: Zeus and Poseidon
Page 10: Hercules and the Hydra

Glossary

Achelous- God of “ Silver-Swirling” Achelous River
Aeolus- God of the winds and air

Aether- god of the upper air, light, the atmosphere, space, and heaven
Alastor- God of family feuds and avenger of evil deeds

Apollo- Olympian god of music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light,
and knowledge

Ares- God of war. Represented the physical, violent and untamed aspect of war.
Aristaeus- Minor god of animal husbandry, bee-keeping, and fruit trees ( son of Apollo )

Asclepius- God of medicine, health, healing, rejuvenation, and physicians.
Atlas- Titan of Astronomy. Condemned by Zeus to carry the world on his back after the

Titans lost the war.
Attis- Minor god of vegetation, fruits of the earth and rebirth.
Boreas- A wind god. Greek god of the cold north wind and the bringer of winter. Referred to

as “ The North Wind “
Caerus- Minor god of opportunity, luck and favorable moments.
Castor- One of the twins ( Castor and Pollux ) Known as Dioskouri. Zeus transformed them

into the constellation Gemini.
Cerus- The large and powerful wild bull tamed by Persephone and turned into the Taurus

constellation.
Chaos- The nothingness that all else spring from. A god who filled the gap between Heaven

and Earth and created the first beings Gaia, Tartarus, Uranus, Nyx, and Erebos.
Charon- The Ferryman of Hades. Took the newly dead people across the river Styx and

Acheron to the Greek underworld if they paid him three obolus ( a Greek silver coin )
Cronos- God of time, not to be confused with Cronus the Titan father of Zeus.

Crius- The Titan god of the heavenly constellations and the measure of the year.
Cronus- God of agriculture, leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans and

father of the Titans.
Dinlas- Guardian god of the ancient city Lamark, were wounded heroes could find comfort

and heal after battle. He was the son of Aphrodite.
Deimos- the personification of dread and terror.

Dionysus- Olympian god of grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness,
religious ecstasy and theatre.

Erebus- Primordial god of darkness
Eros- God of sexual desire, attraction, love, and procreation
Eurus- One of the wind Gods know as Anemoi and god of the unlucky east wind. Referred

to as “The East Wind¨.
Glaucus- a fisherman who became immortal upon eating a magical herb, an Argonaut who

may have built and piloted the Argo, and became a god of the sea.
Hades- God of the dead and riches. King of the underworld
Helios- God of the sun and also known as Sol

Hephaestus- God of fire, metalworking, stone masonry, forges and the art of sculpture.
Created weapons for the gods and married to Aphrodite.

Heracles- The greatest of the Greek heroes, he became God of heroes, sports, athletes,
health, agriculture, fertility, trade, oracles, and divine protector of mankind. Known as the

strongest man on Earth.
Hermes- God of trades, thieves, travelers, sports, athletes, and border crossings, the guide

to the Underworld and messenger of the gods.
Hesperus- The Evening Star - the planet Venus in the evening.
Hymenaios- God of marriage ceremonies, inspiring feasts, and song.

Hypnos- The Greek god of sleep.
Kratos- God of strength and power.
Momus- God of satire, mockery, censure, writers and poets and a spirit of evil-spirited

blame and unfair criticism.
Morpheus- God of dreams and sleep- has the ability to take any human form and appear in

dreams.
Nereus- The Titan god of the sea before Poseidon and father of the Nereids ( nymphs of the

sea).
Notus- Another Anemoi ( wind god ) and Greek god of the south wind. Known as ¨ The

South Wind¨.
Oceanus- Titan god of the ocean. Believed to be the personification of the World Ocean, an

enormous river encircling the world.
Oneiroi- Black-winged daimons that personified dreams.

Paean- The physician of the Olympian gods.
Pallas- Titan god of Warcraft and of the springtime campaign season.
Pan- God of nature, the wild, shepherds, flocks, goats, mountain wilds, and is often

associated with sexuality. Also a satyr ( half man, half-goat).
Plutus- Greek god of wealth.

Pollux's- Twin brother of castor, together known as the Dioskouri, that were transformed
into the constellation Gemini.

Pontus- Ancient, pre-Olympian sea-god of the deep sea, one of the Greek primordial deities
and son of Gaia.

Poseidon- Olympian Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and horses.
Priapus- Minor rustic fertility god, protector of flocks, fruit plants, bees, and gardens.

Pricus- The immortal father of sea-goats, made into the Capricorn constellation.
Prometheus- Titan god of forethought and crafty counsel who was given the task of molding

mankind out of clay.
Primordial- a group of gods that came before all else.
Tartarus- The god of the deep abyss, a great put in the depths of the underworld, the father

of Typhon.
Thanatos- a minor god and the god of death.
Triton- Messenger of the sea and the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite.
Typhon- The deadliest monster in Greek mythology and ¨ Father of All Monsters¨. Last son
of Gaia, fathered by Tartarus and god of monsters, storms, and volcanoes. He challenged

Zeus for control of Mount Olympus.
Uranus- Primordial god of the sky and heavens, and father of the Titans.
Zelus- The god of dedication, emulation, eager rivalry, envy jealousy, and zeal.
Zephyrus- A wind god ( Anemoi). God of the west wind and known as ¨ The West Wind¨.
Zeus- God of the sky, lightning, thunder, law, order, justice, King of the Gods and the ¨

Father of Gods and men¨.

Monsters

Argus- Argus may have had as many as one hundred eyes, which were located all over his
body. Hera employed him as a guard, He was killed by Hermes. Afterward, Hera put his
eyes on the tail of a peacock.

Cerberus- a Huge powerful 3 headed dog. He was owned by Hades and was used to guard
the entrance to the underworld. In his final labor, Hercules went to the underworld and
kidnapped Cerberus.
Cyclopes- A huge person that had a eye in the middle of its head.
Gorgons- a horrifyingly ugly monster that lived at the edge of the world. Their hair was
made of serpents and on look at a gorgons eye and you would be turned to stone.
Hydra- a massive and poisonous serpent with nine heads. Every time one head was
injured, another two grew in its place. Hercules sought out the monster in its dark marsh
and succeeded in destroying it.

Minotaur- The Minotaur was a man-eating monster with the head of a bull. King Minos kept
it hidden the labyrinth ( a maze ) in Knossos, on the island of Crete, where he used it to
frighten his enemies. Theseus killed the Minotaur.

Scylla and Charybdis- The powerful monsters lived together in a sea cave, Scylla had many
fierce dog heads and ate sailors alive; Charybdis created whirlpools by sucking in and
spitting out seawater. Both Jason and Odysseus safely traveled by these monsters.

Sirens- Giant, winged creatures with the heads of women. They lived on rocks on the sea,
where their beautiful singing lured sailors to shipwreck. Odysseus filled his sailors´ ears with

wax so that they might sail safely past the Sirens.

Heroes

Achilles- The strongest and most fearless warrior in the Greek war against the Trojans. As
an infant, his mother dipped him into the River Styx, which made him invulnerable

everywhere but the heel by which she held him. For ten years Achilles was a great hero in
the Trojan War. But in the end, Paris, son of the Trojan king, Fatally wounded Achilles in the

heel. Today, the tendon that connects the calf muscles to the heel bone is called the
Achilles tendon, and a small but dangerous weakness is known as an ¨ Achilles heel.¨
Hercules- Brave and powerful Hercules is perhaps the most loved of all Greek heroes. The
son of Zeus and Alcmene ( a granddaughter of Perseus ), Heracles grew up to become a
famed warrior. But Zeus jealous wife, Hera, made him temporarily insane, and he killed his
wife and children. As a punishment, Heracles performed twelve seemingly impossible
labors which have been the subject of countless works of art and drama. Heracles is often

depicted wearing a lion skin and wielding a club.
Jason- Jason was the leader of the Argonauts, the 50 heroes who sailed in search of the
Golden Fleece. Jason's uncle, Pelias, had stolen the kingdom that should belong to Jason.
He promised to return it only if Jason would bring home the Golden Fleece- the wool from a
magical winged ram that became the constellation Aries. On their journey, Jason and the
Argonauts faced down such dangers as the deadly singing Sirens. They ultimately captured

the fleece with the help of the sorceress Medea, who became Jason's wife.
Odysseus- King of the Ithaca and celebrated warrior, he helped the Greeks triumph in the
Trojan War. Afterward, he journeyed nearly ten years to return home to Ithaca and his wife
Penelope. Along the way, his courage and cleverness saved him and his men from such

monsters as the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, and Scylla and Charybdis. Back in
Ithaca, he proved his identity to Penelope and once again ruled his homeland. These

adventures are told in Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey
Perseus- The son of Zeus and ​Danaë, Perseus completed the dangerous feat with his quick

thinking and talents as a warrior. Most famous was his slaying of the Gorgon Medusa.
Because looking directly at the monstrous Medusa would turn a man into stone, Perseus
killed her while watching her reflection in a mirror. After beheading the Gorgon with his
sword he kept her head in his satchel. Later, to save the princess Andromeda from being
eaten by a sea monster, Perseus pulled out medusa's head and turned the creature to

stone.
Theseus- known for his triumph over numerous monsters, especially the Minotaur, which
lived in a labyrinth on the island of Crete. Every year the people of Athens had been forced

to send fourteen young people for the Minotaur to eat alive. But Theseus, using a ball of
magic thread from the princess Ariadne, found his way in and out of the labyrinth and killed
the best. He was the son of either Aegeus, king of Athens or the sea god Poseidon. In later

life, he became king of Athens and a famous warrior.

Mount Olympus

A city on a Mountian ( cloud if you read Percy Jackson ). All the Olympian/Known Gods live
on Mount Olympus and the city is a Greek-style place with temples and Shrines to the gods.

The story of is the mountain was created after the battle between the young gods ( The
Olympians like Zues, Posiden, Athea, etc. ) and the older gods ( The Titians like Atlas,
Oceanus, Nereus, etc. ). As a result of the war, the Olympian victors created their new

home and named it Mount Olympus

The Greek Gods

The first god was Chaos. Chaos made Gaia, Tartus Eros, and Erebus. Gaia made Uranus and
Potus. Gaia and Uranus than made Oceanus, Tethys, Cronos, Rhea, Coeus, Phoebe, Lapetus,
and Clymene. Cronos and Rha made Hestia, Hades, Poseidon, Zues, Hera, and Demeter. Zues

and Hera made Ares, Hebe, and Hephaestus. Zues made Athena. Demeter and Zues made
Persephone. Cous and Phoebe made Leto. Leto and Zues made Artemis and Apollo. Iapetus

and Clymene made Atlas, Prometheus, and Epimetheus. Atlas made Maia. Maia and zues
made Hermes. Epimetheus made Dione. Dione and Zues made Aphrodite.

Zeus and Posiden

Zues is the king of the gods and Posiden is the god of the ocean and horses. So how are they
the same? Well, Posiden and Zeus are both very powerful on Mount Olympus and they both
wanted the city Aegina very bad. They are different because Posiden was swallowed by Cronos
and also Zeus and Posidens symbols are different. Zues symbol is a lightning bolt and Posidens
symbol is a trident. Posidens sacred animals are dolphins and horses. Zues sacred animals are

the eagle and the bull.

The Trojan War

Our story begins in the ancient city of Troy, located across the Aegean Sea from Greece. One
of the princes of Troy (Paris) made a visit to Sparta (which was in Greece). It was here where he

met Queen Helen, wife of King Menelaus.Helen was known all over Greece for her beauty.
When Menelaus was chosen as her husband, all of the other men agreed to protect the couple.
Paris fell in love with Helen. He convinced her to fall in love with him and go to Troy. When King

Menelaus found out, he was very angry and demanded that Troy return Helen to him. The
Trojans refused. So Menelaus got his brother King Agamemnon, as well as the other Greeks
who swore to defend Menelaus and Helen, to travel across the Aegean Sea to defeat Troy and
get Helen back. There were so many warriors, including the famous Achilles, that it took 1,000

ships to get them there!



Hercules and the Hydra

Hercules had to fight a hydra. For every head that he cut off 2 grew in its place. Hercules went
and grabbed Zeus and with the help of him Hercules cut off one of its heads and than Zues
burnt the spot so one couldn't grow back. After it was all done Hercules cut off the final head
and it was over.

All About the Author

Hannah Baldwin is 11 years old. She lives with her mom, dad, sister, and 2 pets. She has a dog
named Mazey and a kitten named Blue. she loves foxes and wolves and has 2 best friends. She

lives in Enola and does not have straight A´s.