GREEK MYTHOLOGY

DEATH AND BURIAL, the rites and journey to the next world

THE NEXT WORLD, the journey and judgement

WORSHIP, people worshipped in their homes

TEMPLES, each god had their own temple

THE FUTURE, foretelling the future

FESTIVALS, celebrating the different festivals

THE TROJAN WAR, the history

ZEUS, chief of the gods

DEMETER, goddess of crops

APOLLO, god of the sun

APHRODITE, goddess of sensual love

ARES, god of war

ATHENA, goddess of wisdom

HERMES, messenger of the gods

HEPHAESTOS, god of fire

HESTIA, goddess of the hearth

PAN, the god of sheperds and flocks

PAN PIPE, played by the god pan

ORPHEUS, singer in greek mythology

OLYMPUS, home of the gods

NYMPH, spirit creatures

NYX, night goddess

NEMISIS, goddess of punishment

LARES, roman household gods

KRONOS, greek god of time

JUPITER, god of thunder

HYDRA, mythical monster

HERA, goddess of heaven

HARPIES, winged creatures

HADES, god of the underworld

GORGONS, could turn people into stone

ERINYES, the three furies

DIONYSUS, god of wine and revelry

DELPHI ORACLE, very influential oracle

ARTEMIS, greek goddess of the moon

ATALANTA, greek heroine

SCYLLA, greek mythical monster

SIBYL, women who lived in caves and were renowned for their gift of prophecy

POSEIDON, greek god of the sea

PERSEPHONE, goddess of spring

PEGASUS, legendary winged horse

CERBERUS, dog who gaurded the entrance to hades

CHARON, boatman who ferried souls of the dead

CAECUS, fire breating monster

MEDEA, an enchantress

MINOTAUR, monster with a human head

HECATE, daughter od zeus and demeter

TYCHE, greek goddess of luck

KEY DATES, the key dates of ancient greece

WRITERS, the early writers of ancient greece

D'aulaire's Book of Greek Myths

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