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Greek Mythology Notes: Aphrodite goddess of love and beauty Aries god of war Cronus ruler of titans, eats his kids (in whole) Dionysus god of vine and passion Hades god of underworld/tartarus married to persephone, his dog has 3 heads Hera queen of gods: goddess of marriage; jealous wife of zeus Poseidon ruler of the sea; earthquakes, forces, water Zeus king of gods, god of thunder ; husband of hera; womanizer' fought against his father to free his siblings Pandora released swarm of evils in the world Narcissus pined away for his own reflection until he died Echo Nymph who can only repeat sounds Sisyphus condemned to roll rock up a hill forever

Midas everything he touches turns to gold Golden apple

3 goddess fought over it: trojan war began because of it Achilles trojan war hero; dipped in River Strix (except his heel) Helen of troy greek king (her husband) lanches 1,000 ships to retrieve her Aeneas trojan prince, escaped Troy, founded rome Argos has 100 eyes, Hera put eyes into peacock feathers Centaurs half man, half horse, wild and vicious Minotaur half man (body), Half bull (head) Satyrs Half goat, half man

Cerberus 3 headed dog, guards underworld Sirens women, lure sailors to their death by singing Gorgons snakes for hair turn to stone if you look at her Fates 3 sisters cut strings of life IO princess who zeus seduces, she is turned into a white cow Trojan Horse giant structures hiding Greeks Atlas forced by Zeus to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders

Odyssey Homer nd beauty Aries god of war Cronus ruler of titans, eats his kids (in whole)...