Mythology Gods and GoddessesMADI REYNOLDSKALEY CHIERIGHINO

Dionysus• God of Wine

• Son of Zeus and Semele (Theban Princess)

• Knowledgeable about wine- can make people go mad

• Long flowing hair- Handsome, favored by the Greeks

• He meets Ariadne- and falls in love with her. Brings his mother from the underworld and has her live in Olympus among gods

Ares• The War God

• Son of Zues and Hera; father of The Amazons

• Appears in Wars and encourages war

• Very cowardly in the eyes of the Greeks- often seen running from battle after wounded

• The Trojan War

The Furies (Tisiphone, Megaera and Alecto)• Ministers of Justice; “Those who walk in darkness” The Benignant,

Protectors of the suppliant.

• Punished evildoers

• Writhing snakes for hair and cry tears of blood- as long as there is sin in the world they will not leave

Eris• Goddess of Discord (strife, dispute, war, chaos or disharmony)

• Sister to Ares and mother of Strife

• Causes Chaos

• Often not loved among the gods

• The Judgment of Paris