Greek+Mythology+Goddesses+&+Concepts

Chelsea Forwood //__**Greek Gods**__//


 * __ Zeus __**
 *  Ruler of Olympian Gods
 *  Overthrew father Cronus
 *  Rain god, lord of the sky
 *  Weapon is thunderbolt
 *  Married to Hera…(but has many affairs)
 *  Punishes those that lie and break oaths
 *  Represented as the god of justice and mercy, the protector of the weak, and the punisher of the wicked.
 *  His breastplate was the aegis, his bird was the eagle, his tree was the oak
 * __ Poseidon __**
 *  God of the sea, protector of all waters
 *  Married Amphitrite, a granddaughter of the Titan Oceanus
 *  Created the first horse to impress Demeter
 *  His weapon is the Trident (can shake the earth and shatter any object)
 *  Is second only to Zeus in power amongst the gods.
 *  Has a difficult quarrelsome personality, was greedy, and had a series of disputes with other gods when he tried to take over their cities.
 * __ Hades __**
 *  Lord of the underworld, rules over the dead
 *  Is a greedy god
 *  Obsessed with increasing his subjects
 *  Anyone that helps in that he favors greatly
 *  Refuses to let anyone leave
 *  is the god of wealth, (precious metals mined from earth)
 *  has a helmet that makes him invisible.
 *  rarely leaves the underworld.
 *  is unpitying and terrible, but not capricious.
 *  wife is Persephone whom he abducted
 *  is the King of the dead but, death itself is another god, Thanatos
 * __ Aris __**
 *  Son of Zeus and Hera
 *  Was disliked by both parents
 *  Is the god of war
 *  Is considered murderous and bloodstained but, also a coward
 *  Was caught in an act of adultery with Aphrodite and her husband Hephaestus publically ridiculed him
 *  Bird is the vulture.
 *  Animal is the dog.
 * __ Apollo __**
 *  Son of Zeus and Leto
 *  Twin sister is Artemis
 *  Is the god of music, playing a golden lyre.
 *  The Archer, far shooting with a silver bow.
 *  The god of healing who taught man medicine.
 *  The god of light.
 *  The god of truth, who can not speak a lie.
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 *  Harnesses his chariot with four horses an drives the Sun across the sky.
 *  Is famous for his oracle at Delphi.
 *  Tree was the laurel.
 *  The crow his bird.
 *  The dolphin his animal.
 * __ Hermes __**
 *  The most clever of the Olympian gods
 *  messenger to all the other gods.
 *  Son of Zeus and Maia
 *  The fastest of the gods
 *  Wears winged sandals, a winged hat, and carries a magic wand
 *  The god of thieves and god of commerce
 *  The guide for the dead to go to the underworld
 *  Invented the lyre, the pipes, the musical scale, astronomy, weights and measures, boxing, gymnastics, and the care of olive trees.
 * __ Hephaestus __**
 *  The son of Zeus and Hera
 *  It is thought that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father
 *  The only god to be physically ugly
 *  Is lame- Hera, upset by having an ugly child, flung him from Mount Olympus into the sea, breaking his legs. Others that he took Hera's side in an argument with Zeus and Zeus flung him off Mount Olympus
 *  The god of fire and the forge
 *  The smith and armorer of the gods
 *  Uses a volcano as his forge
 *  Is the patron god of both smiths and weavers
 *  Is kind and peace loving
 *  Wife is Aphrodite

Greek Goddesses (Audrey) 1) Aphrodite- goddess of love, beauty and desire 2) Artemis- virgin goddess of the hunt, wilderness, animals, young girls, childbirth and plague 3) Athena- goddess of wisdom, warfare, battle strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts & reason 4) Demeter- goddess of agriculture, horticulture, grain and harvest 5) Hera- queen of marriage, women, childbirth, heirs, kings and empires 6) Hestia- virgin goddess of the hearth, home and cooking 7) Ananke- goddess of inevitability, compulsion and necessity 8) Gaia- mother earth, mother of the titans 9) Hemera- goddess of daylight 10) The Nesoi- goddesses of the islands 11) Nyx- goddess of the night 12) Mnemosyne- titan of memory and remembrance, mother of the 9 muses 13) Rhea- titan of female fertility, motherhood and generation 14) Tethys- wife of Oceanus, mother of the rivers, streams, springs, fountains and clouds 15) Theia- titan of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky 16) Eurynome- titan of water meadows and pasturelands 17) Clymene- titan of renown, fame and infamy 18) Leto- titan of motherhood 19) Metis- titan of good counsel, advice, planning, cunning, craftiness and wisdom

Concepts (Audrey) 1) Achlys- spirit of the death mist 2) Adephagia- spirit of satiety and gluttony 3) Adikia- spirit of injustice and wrongdoing 4) Aergia- spirit of idleness, laziness indolence and sloth 5) Agon- spirit of contest 6) Aidos- spirit of modesty, reverence, and respect 7) Aisa- personification of lot and fate 8) Alala- spirit of the war cry 9) Alastor- spirit of blood feuds and vengeance 10) Aletheia- spirit of truth, truthfulness and sincerity 11) The Algea- spirits of pain and suffering 12) Alke- spirit of prowess and courage 13) Amechania- spirit of helplessness and want of means 14) The Amphilogiai- spirits of disputes, debate and contention 15) Anaideia- spirit of ruthlessness, shamelessness and unforgivingness 16) The Androktasiai- spirits of battlefield slaughter 17) Angelia- spirit of messages, tidings and proclamations 18) Apate- spirit of deceit, guile, fraud and deception 19) Apheleia- spirit of simplicity 20) Aporia- spirit of difficulty, perplexity, powerlessness and want of means 21) The Arae- spirits of curses 22) Arete- spirit of virtue, excellence, goodness, and valour 23) Ate- spirit of delusion, infatuation, blind folly, recklessness and ruin 24) Bia- spirit of force, power, bodily strength and compulsion 25) Caerus- spirit of opportunity 26) Corus- spirit of surfeit 27) Deimos- spirit of fear, dread and terror 28) Dikaiosyne- spirit of justice and righteousness 29) Dike- spirit of justice, fair judgments and the rights established by custom and law 30) Dolos- spirit of trickery, cunning deception, craftiness, treachery and guile 31) Dysnomia- spirit of lawlessness and poor civil constitution 32) Dyssebeia- spirit of impiety 33) Eirene- goddess of peace 34) Ekecheiria- spirit of truce, armistice and the cessation of all hostilities 35) Eleos- spirit of mercy, pity and compassion 36) Elpis- spirit of hope and expectation 37) Epiphron- spirit of prudence, shrewdness, thoughtfulness, carefulness and sagacity 38) Eris- spirit of strife, discord, contention and rivalry 39) The Erotes 40) Eucleia- spirit of good repute and glory 41) Eulabeia- spirit of discretion, caution and circumspection 42) Eunomia- goddess of good order and lawful conduct 43) Eupheme- spirit of words of good omen, acclamation, praise, applause and shouts of triumph 44) Eupraxia- spirit of well being 45) Eusebeia- spirit of piety, loyalty, duty and filial respect 46) Euthenia- spirit of prosperity, abundance and plenty 47) Geras- spirit of old age 48) Harmonia- goddess of harmony and concord 49) Hebe- goddess of youth 50) Hedone- spirit of pleasure, enjoyment and delight 51) Heimarmene- personification of share destined by fate 52) Homados- spirit of the din of battle 53) Homonoia- spirit of concord, unanimity and oneness of mind 54) Horkos- spirit of oaths 55) Horme- spirit of impulse or effort, eagerness, setting oneself in motion and starting an action 56) Hybris- spirit of outrageous behavior 57) Hypnos- god of sleep 58) The Hysminai- spirits of fighting and combat 59) Ioke- spirit of pursuit in battle 60) Kakia- spirit of vice and moral badness 61) Kalokagathia- spirit of nobility 62) The Keres- spirit of violent or cruel death 63) Koalemos- spirit of stupidity and foolishness 64) Kratos- spirit of strength, might, power and sovereign rule 65) Kydoimos- spirit of the din of battle, confusion, uproar and hubbub 66) Lethe- spirit of forgetfulness and oblivion, and of the river of the same name 67) Limos- spirit of hunger and starvation 68) The Litae- spirits of prayer 69) Lyssa- spirit of rage, fury and rabies in animals 70) The Machai- spirits of fighting and combat
 * 1) Achos- trouble and distress
 * 2) Ania- ache and anguish
 * 3) Lupe- pain, grief and sadness
 * 1) Anteros- god of requited love
 * 2) Eros- god of love and sexual intercourse
 * 3) Hedylogos- god of sweet talk and flattery
 * 4) Himeros- god of sexual desire
 * 5) Pothos- god of sexual longing, yearning and desire