Words in English that relate to Greek Gods and Goddesses?

I have this assignment for homework and its do tommarrow and we have to fill out a question sheet for all these (gods goddesses, people etc.)Cronos, Rhea, Zeus, Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Persephone, Artemis, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hephaetus, Ares, Orpheus, Eurydice, Pan, Pandora, Hermes, Gaia, Cerberus, Narcissus, and Echo. I procrastinated and its due tommarrow and I can't find words that originates or relates to any of them.If you know of any words or a website that has related words please tell me.Help me Please,thank you so much.

Words in English that relate to Greek Gods and Goddesses?
Sorry, I dont give homework answers, not fair to you nor your teacher.





I will however suggest that you do some quick research ...





Goggle the key words:





mythological vocabulary
Reply:Cronos is Father Time, Gaia is Mother Earth, Pandora rquivalent is Garden Of Eden, Ares is War, Wisdom for Athena, Conceited for Narcissus, Hell Hound for Cerberus, Messenger for Hermes, Love for Aphrodite, Hell for Hades, Repeat for Echo, Puch equiv for Pan or close enough, God is Zeus, Demeter Earth Goddess, about all can say if you are sincere here it is.
Reply:cronos father of disasterus titans giants and all these. father of zeus. father of time


rhea mother of the above. saviour of zeus


zeus father of all gods. master of them. ruler of the cosmos.


hera wife of zeus. god patron of the family


athena symbol of wisdom


poseidon god of the sea


hades lord of the under-world


demeter goddess of agriculture and staff


persephone daughter of demeter, stolen by hades. she was cursed to live six months with her mother with the living (symbol of spring and summer) and six months with hades with the dead ( symbol of fall and winter)


artemis goddess protects the hunters


apollo god of light also protects the arts


aphrodite goddess of beauty


hephaestus god of crafts


ares god of war


orpheus mortal that played so perfectly the harp that he was allowed to retreive his dead wife eurydice from the underworld


pan half human half goatprotects the arts


pandora person given the famous pandoras box and told not to open.she opened it all bad things came out and only hope stays in the box


hermes messenger of the gods protects the merchants


gaia mother earth


cerberus hell hound guardian of the underworld


narcissus a beautiful boy that fell in love with his reflection
Reply:Well you really shouldn't have procrastinated. Why are people so lazy these days?


You can't rely on other people for work that you should have done...
Reply:I don't think the people above read you question!





Here are a couple :


Echo is the source of the word echo.


Our word panic comes from Pan.


Narcissus gave his name to the flower narcissus, another word for daffodil.





For the rest you will need to be more creative. Like phrases "Pandora's box" which are used in English, or "Athens", the city named after the goddess.