Greek Mythology Terms

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• The Twelve Olympians were the main gods worshipped by ancient Greeks, residing at Mount Olympus.
• Chaos was the first entity in Greek mythology, representing the void from which everything emerged.
• Zeus was the king of the gods and controlled the sky, thunder, lightning, rain, and wind.
• Hera was the goddess of marriage and childbirth and was Zeus's wife.
• Poseidon was the god of the sea, ruling over oceans and water.
• Athena was the goddess of wisdom and war strategy, often associated with the city of Athens.
• Medusa was a famous gorgon monster with snakes instead of hair, whose gaze turned people into stone.
• The Cyclops were one-eyed giants, notable monsters in Greek mythology.
• A centaur was a creature that was half man and half horse, a common mythological hybrid.
• The Iliad and the Odyssey are epic poems by Homer that are essential works of Greek mythology.
• Hades was the god of the underworld, though sometimes excluded from the standard list of Twelve Olympians.
• The Titans were the second generation of divine beings, born from Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky).