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Mythology: Gods, Monsters,
and
Heroes
By:
Madelynn Menke
Amanda Reyes-Pilarczyk
Jammie Trujillo
Hyperion
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Lineage:
Parents- Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky, Heaven)
Spouse- Theia
Siblings- Oceanus and Tethys, Theia, Coeus, Phoebe,
Cronus, Rhea, Mnemosyne, Themis, Crius, Iapetus
Children- Helios (sun), Selene (moon), and Eos (dawn)
Important events: Fathered the sun, dawn and moon.
Identification/description:
God of observation
Powers: Enhanced Strength, blasts things hundreds of yards
away, walks on water, surrounds self with light, puts out
greek fire bombs, photokinesis, pyrokinesis.
Weaknesses: Weaker when wet.
Allusions to this character: The movie, “Hyperion”.
Mnemosyne
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Lineage:
Parents-Gaia, Uranus
Spouse-Cruis
Siblings- Oceanus and Tethys, Theia, Coeus, Phoebe,
Cronus, Rhea, Hyperion, Themis, Crius, Iapetus.
Children- Muses
Symbol: symbolizes birthplace of muses
Important events: Naming of everything on Earth
Identification/description: Pieria, she who reigns over hills of
Eleuther; daughter of the first deities in Greece; depicted
with a full mane of hair with rich auburn color.
Powers: Memory
Weaknesses:
Allusions to this character: Poem about remembrance,
called Mnemosyne-by Trumbull Stickney
Themis
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Parents- Gaia, Uranus
Siblings- Cronus, Oceanus, Hyperion, Lapetus, Cruis,
Coeus, Tethys, Theia, Pheobe, and Mnemosyne.
Children- Horai (spring time), Moirai (death bringing),
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Symbol: justice, blindfolded woman & holding empty
balance in one hand and sword in other.
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Identification/description: Embodiment of divine order, law
and custom, means “divine law”, Represents justice
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Powers: In charge of the oracle or Delphi before she handed
it over to Apollo, Balancing and predicting the future
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Allusions to this character: Judges
Icarus
• Lineage:
Parents- Daedalus
• Important events: present during the battle of the
Labyrinth
• Identification/description:
• Weaknesses:Ignorance/Curiosity
• Allusions to this character: Video Games: Kid
Icarus, the song: Cabbin Pressure, and the movie:
Eragon
Daeldalus
• Lineage:
Children- Icarus
• Important events: built the paradigmatic Labyrinth
for King Minos of Crete/battle of the Labyrinth
• Identification/description: Gray eye/hair color
• Powers: renowened craftsman and inventor-Power
of Movement
• Allusions to this character: t
Bellaphron
• Lineage:
Parents- Glaucus, Eurynome
Spouse- Philonoe
Siblings- unknown brother
Children- Isander, Hippolochus
• Symbol: Man on Pegasus
• Important events: Fought chimera, kicked off
pegasus
• Identification/description: Greatest hero and slayer
of
monsters.
• Powers: Only one who can tame Pegasus, archery.
• Weaknesses: egotistical
• Allusions to this character:
Pegasus
• Lineage:
Parents- Medusa, Poseidon
Siblings- Cyclopes, and other various monsters.
• Symbol: winged horse
• Important events: tamed, threw off Bellaphron
• Identification/description: horse of the winged type
• Powers: Can fly.
• Weaknesses: Golden bridle
• Allusions to this character: My Little Pony
Chimaera
• Lineage:
Parents- Medusa and Poseidon
Siblings- Cyclopes & other various monsters.
• Important events: killed by Bellaphron
• Identification/description: Body of a goat, behind of
a serpent, head of a lion.
• Powers: Can breathe fire
• Weaknesses: Arrows
• Allusions to this character: The phrase “Nurse
Chimeras”; means taking care of problems that are
made up of many different parts, or a bunch of
smaller problems
Sources
• Atsma, Aaron J. . "THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY & THE
GODS." THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY, Exploring Mythology & the
Greek Gods in Classical Literature & Art. Aaron J. Atsma, n.d. Web.
7 Dec. 2013. <http://www.theoi.com/>.
• "Goddess Gift." Goddess Gift: Meet the Goddesses Here. The
Goddess Path, n.d. Web. 8 Dec. 2013. <http://goddessgift.com/>.
• Skidmore, Joel. "Greek Mythology."Greek Mythology. William
Saturno, n.d. Web. 8 Dec. 2013. <http://www.mythweb.com/>.