By: Shep Medlin

Aphrodite- Goddess of love, romance and beauty

Apollo- God of sun, light, and music, and medicine

Ares- God of war Artemis- Goddess of the hunt, forest,

wildlife, and the moon. Athena- Goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts Demeter- Goddess of Agriculture

Hephaestus- God of fire and the forge Hera- God of marriage, familiar with magic Hermes- Messenger of the gods Hestia- Goddess of the home, symbolized

by the hearth Poseidon- God of the Sea, horses, and

earthquakes Zeus- King of the gods, god of the sky,

symbolized by the thunderbolt

Achilles- Main hero in the Trojan war, had one fatal flaw; his heel

Agamemnon- King of Mycenae, leader of Greek forces at Troy

Atalanta- Famous runner and huntress Daedalus- Famous architect, painter, and

sculptor. Heracles- super strong hero

Jason- leader of the Argonauts, brought the golden fleece to Thessaly.

Odysseus- Hero in the Trojan war, after the war he was sent on a ten year journey to get home

Perseus- founder of Mycenae, he also killed Medusa

Sysyphus- founder of Corinth famous for his wealth smartness and his cunningness.

Argus- had as many as 100 eyes all over his body, and was the guard of Hera

Cerberus- giant powerful three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to the underworld

Cyclops- giant one eyed monsters that made lightning and thunderbolts for Zeus to use

Gorgons- had hair made of serpents and would turn anyone to stone if they looked into their eyes

Hydra- A giant poisonous snake with nine heads. Every time a head got cut off two would grow in its place.

Minotaur- Man-Eating monster with the head of a bull

Scylla- a monster with many dog heads that ate sailors alive

Charybdis- a giant whirlpool Sirens- Giant winged creatures with the

head of a woman that lured sailors to them with their singing.

Greeks valued:◦ Cleverness and wit◦ Faithfulness and loyalty◦ Strength◦ Dancing, singing, and storytelling◦ Hospitality◦ The gods

The Trojan War started when Paris captured Menelaus’s wife Helen to be his wife.

Menelaus wanted revenge and gathered an army and went to war

The war raged on for nine years and the Greek just needed to get inside of Troy

To do so they built a giant horse and the Trojans brought it inside the city walls.

The Greeks then came out of the horse and killed everyone.

They divided the spoils and set sail for home

For some of the Greeks (like Odysseus) this was a long and difficult trip.

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