MYTHOLOGYLesser Gods

Eros (Cupid) God of Love

Two Arrows: Attract and Repel

Sometimes said to be son of Aphrodite

English words from Eros: erotic

Hymen – God of the Wedding Feast

Hebe – Goddess of Youth

Daughter of Zeus and Hera

Iris

Goddess of the rainbow, the messenger of the Olympian gods. She was often represented as the handmaiden and personal messenger of Hera

The Muses

Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne

Their job was to inspire artists

The Graces

Splendor, Mirth, and

Good Cheer

Themis

Goddess of justice and

law.

Nemesis

Goddess of Divine Justice and Anger

The Fates

Clothos – spindle, spins the thread of life Lachias – globe, determines the length Atropos – scissors, cuts the thread

Ocean and TethysTitans

The Underworld

Hades – God of the Underworld Persephone – Spring Maiden

Rivers in the Underworld

Styx – Unbreakable Oath

Lethe-Forgetfulness

Cocytus-Wailing Acheron-Pain Plegethon-Fire

Charon

Ferryman of the dead. Only accepts the dead which are buried or burned with the proper rites, and if they pay him an obolus (coin) for their passage. For that reason a corpse had always an obolus  placed under the tongue.

Regions of the Underworld

Erebus – first region Tartarus-deeper region where punishment

takes place Elysian Fields-blessed souls

Other Characters

Cerberus Somnus (Sleep) Thanatos (Death) Morpheus (Change)

Additional Underworld Characters

Judges: Rhadamanthus, Minos, Aeacus

Underworld (Continued)

Furies – punish sinners

Dreams – Two Gates: Horn – considered “true” dreams Ivory – considered “false” dreams