Greek Mythology Notes
Complete the charts below with key details about the Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece by using the Rick Riordan website.
Zeus | Hera | Poseidon | Demeter | Hades | Hestia |
God of the sky | Goddess of marriage | God of the sea | Goddess of Agriculture | God of the underworld | Goddess of religion |
Other Details: His temple is on Mount Olympus. Empire state building in New York. | Other Details: Hera does not have patience. | Other Details: Poseidon visits Florida’s beaches, occasionally to stop and talk to the fishermen or take pictures for the tourists. When he’s in a bad mood, he stirs up a hurricane. | Other Details: Demeter splitters her time between the upper world and the underworld. She says to herself she should have married the god of doctors! | Other Details: He has a wife. Hades rarely leaves the underworld, because of traffic on the Field of Asphodel freeway. This keeps him in an evil mood most of the time. | Other Details: After Zeus forced his father to disgorge his children, Hestia was the last to be yielded up, making her both the oldest and the youngest daughter. |
Apollo | Athena | Ares | Aphrodite | Hermes | Artemis |
God of the sun. | Goddess of wisdom, war techniques, and useful art. | God of war | Goddess of love and beauty | God of roadways, travelers, merchants, thieves | Goddess of the moon, the hunt, childbirth and vegetation. |
Other Details: Apollo would not like to be asked to recite his poetry. Apollo could be crushing down sunset avenue looking cool or hanging out at parties. Don’t get him angry, or get can get a little hot under the collar. | Other Details: You can spot Athena at American University. She favors people who design useful things and will sometimes appear to reward them with magical gifts. | Other Details: He can be found riding around the suburbs of L.A on his Harley. He is one of those gods you can pick a fight in an empty room. | Other Details: She is more beautiful than the humans in the upper world. She can be found during fashion weeks in New York. | Other Details: Hermis is always on the run so that’s why he is the hardest person to find. When he’s not doing every other type of business that includes traveling, he is delivering messages to the gods. | Other Details: Artemis can be seen roaming the countryside with her maidens beside her. She enjoys hunting. One time she turned a male hunter that was spying on her into a deer. |
Hephaestus | Dionysus | Hypnos | Nike | Janus | Nemesis |
God of blacksmith and fire | God of wine | God of sleep | Goddess of victory | God of beginnings, choices, and doorways | Goddess of revenge |
Other Details: This god likes to hang around workshops that fix cars and build inventions. He might not be as social as others but he can do anything with machines. | Other Details: Dionysus was promoted by Zeus when he was impressed when he invented and presented ‘wine’.
| Other Details: Hypnos lives deep in the underworld, but he can be found visiting the Sleeping Shop on the mattress. If you’re lucky he’ll let you go into bed but if you aren’t he’ll put you to sleep during algebra class. | Other Details: If you meet Nike the worst thing you could possibly say is “Hey, isn’t that a kind of sports shoes?” unless you want to lose every single competition in your life. She likes a good halftime show, she also values skills and bravery. | Other Details: Janus enjoys dressing up like a New York doorman. He comes in when heroes need to make tough decisions, usually giving them two doors to choose from. | Other Details: Nemesis is usually around classrooms on the day a major project is due. She thinks her sister (Fortuna) is way too gorgeous with good luck, and she hates when things work out for people when they don’t deserve it. |
Iris | Tyche | Hecate |
Goddess of rainbow and messengers of the gods | Goddess of good luck and fortune | Goddess of magic, crossroads, and ghost |
Other Details: Iris is always in demand to deliver iris-message to the demigods. She wishes Zues would upgrade her network to 4G. | Other Details: Tyche and Nemesis are twin sisters. Tyche is a hard goddess to find. People look everywhere for her but the places they look, she hardly hangs around there. She most likely gives good luck to those who work hard. | Other Details: Hecate is the daughter of the god of titans. She is a mysterious and crafty figure, although she sides with the gods of titans. |
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