Greek Gods

Dylan D (United States of America)
Along with monsters, Titans,and Greek heros, weapons etc, etc.
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  1. Aphrodite
    goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus
  2. Apollo
    Greek god of light
  3. Ares
    Greek god of war
  4. Artemis
    the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon
  5. Athena
    goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare
  6. Atlas
    (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
  7. centaur
    a mythical being that is half man and half horse
  8. Cerberus
    the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades
  9. Cronus
    the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him
  10. curse
    an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil
  11. Cyclops
    (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
  12. Daedalus
    an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos
  13. Demeter
    (Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology; counterpart of Roman Ceres
  14. Dionysus
    god of wine and fertility and drama
  15. fate
    the ultimate agency predetermining the course of events
  16. Gaea
    (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology
  17. giant
    any creature of exceptional size
  18. Hades
    the god of the underworld in ancient mythology
  19. Hephaestus
    the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology
  20. Heracles
    a hero noted for his strength
  21. Hermes
    messenger and herald of the gods
  22. Hestia
    the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology
  23. Hydra
    monster with nine heads
  24. Hyperion
    (Greek mythology) a Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology
  25. immortality
    the state of eternal life
  26. Jason
    (Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece
  27. labyrinth
    complex system of paths in which it is easy to get lost
  28. Medusa
    a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena
  29. Minos
    son of Zeus and Europa
  30. Minotaur
    (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus
  31. Oceanus
    (Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology
  32. oracle
    a shrine where a prophet is consulted
  33. Pan
    god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks
  34. Persephone
    daughter of Zeus and Demeter
  35. Phoebe
    (Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon
  36. Poseidon
    the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology
  37. Prometheus
    the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind
  38. prophecy
    a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
  39. Rhea
    fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology
  40. satyr
    one of a class of woodland deities
  41. sphinx
    a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head
  42. Tethys
    a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus
  43. Theia
    (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology
  44. Typhon
    a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames
  45. Uranus
    god of the heavens
  46. Zeus
    the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology
  47. Hera
    queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology
  48. monstrous
    distorted and unnatural in shape or size
  49. gigantic
    exceedingly large or extensive
Created on Wed Nov 06 11:44:49 EST 2013 (updated Thu Nov 07 14:07:49 EST 2013)

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