Teresa Jane C.

Watin
2016
BEED IV- SPED
Bella Nones

Lit 2: World
Literature

July 19,
Mrs.

Greek Gods and Goddesses

Zeus (, Zeus)
King of the gods, ruler of Mount Olympus, and god of the sky,
weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and justice.
Poseidon (, Poseidn)
God of the sea, rivers, floods, droughts, and earthquakes.
Hestia (, Hesta)
Virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and chastity.
Hermes (, Hrms)
God of boundaries, travel, communication, trade, language, and
writing.
Hera (, Hra)
Queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage, women, childbirth,
heirs, kings, and empires.
Hephaestus (, Hphaistos)
God of fire, metalworking, and crafts.
Hades (, Hds)/Pluto (, Ploutn)
King of the underworld and the dead.
Dionysus (, Dinysos)/Bacchus (, Bkkhos)
God of wine, fruitfulness, parties, festivals, madness, chaos,
drunkenness, vegetation, and ecstasy.
Demeter (, Dmtr)
Goddess of grain, agriculture, harvest, growth, and nourishment.
Athena (, Athn)
Goddess of wisdom, intelligence, skill, peace, warfare, battle strategy,
and handicrafts.
Virgin goddess of the hunt, wilderness, animals, young girls,
childbirth, and plague.
Ares (, rs)
God of war, bloodshed, and violence.
Apollo (, Aplln)
God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry,
manly beauty, and archery.
Aphrodite (, Aphrodit)

Goddess of beauty, love, desire, and pleasure

Aether- (Aithr)
The god of the upper atmosphere and light.
Ananke- (Annk)
The goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity.
Chaos- (Chos)
The personification of nothingness from whom all of existence
sprang. Described as a void. Initially genderless, later on described as
female.
Chronos- (Chrnos)
The god of time. Not to be confused with the Titan Cronus (Kronos),
the father of Zeus.
Erebus- (rebos)
The god of darkness and shadow.
Eros- (Eros)
The god of love and attraction.
Hypnos- (Hypnos)
The personification of sleep.
The Nesoi-N (Nsoi)
The goddesses of the islands and sea.
Uranus- (Ourans)
The god of the heavens (Father Sky); father of the Titans.
Gaia (Gaea)- (Gaa)
Personification of the Earth (Mother Earth); mother of the Titans.
The Ourea- (Orea)
The gods of mountains.
Phanes- (Phns)
The god of procreation in the Orphic tradition.
Pontus- (Pntos)
The god of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures.
Tartarus- (Trtaros)
The god of the deepest, darkest part of the underworld, the Tartarean
pit (which is also referred to as Tartarus itself).
Thalassa- (Thlassa)
Personification of the sea and consort of Pontus.
Thanatos- ("Thnatos")
God of Death. Brother to Hypnos (Sleep) and in some cases Moros
(Doom)
Hemera- (Hmra)
The goddess of day.
Nyx- (Nx)
The goddess of night.
Nemesis- (Nmesis)
The goddess of retribution.

Teresa Jane C. Watin

2016
BEED IV- SPED
Bella Nones

Lit 2: World
Literature

July 19,
Mrs.

Roman Gods and Goddesses

Jupiter: The mighty king of the gods. Roman God of the Sky, thunderstorms,
lightning, weather and air. Also god of law, order, justice, governance and strength.
Most important god of the Romans and usually had the highest divine authority over
other gods.

Neptune: One of the brothers of Jupiter, one of the prime gods and ruler of the
seas. The patron of sailors and the protector of ships.
Juno: Queen of the Gods and wife of Jupiter. Goddess of Marriage and Women.
Protector and Counsellor of Rome.

Mars: God of War, Spring and Justice. Patron of the Roman Legions and divine
father of Romulus and Remus.

Venus: Goddess of Love and consort of Mars. Divine mother of Aeneas, ancestor
of the Romans.

Bellona: Goddess of War, Conquest and Peace.

Minerva: Goddess of Wisdom, Divine Counsel, Useful Arts, Crafts and Later War.

Janus: God of Beginnings, Endings, Transition, Doorways and Keys.

Vesta: Goddess of the Home and the Hearth. Patron of Rome.

Teresa Jane C. Watin

2016
BEED IV- SPED
Bella Nones

Lit 2: World
Literature

July 19,
Mrs.

Fables
1. The Ant and the Chrysalis
An Ant nimbly running about in the sunshine in search of food came
across a Chrysalis that was very near its time of change. The
Chrysalis moved its tail, and thus attracted the attention of the Ant,
who then saw for the first time that it was alive. "Poor, pitiable
animal!" cried the Ant disdainfully. "What a sad fate is yours!
While I can run hither and thither, at my pleasure, and, if I wish,
ascend the tallest tree, you lie imprisoned here in your shell, with
power only to move a joint or two of your scaly tail." The Chrysalis

heard all this, but did not try to make any reply. A few days after,
when the Ant passed that way again, nothing but the shell remained.
Wondering what had become of its contents, he felt himself suddenly
shaded and fanned by the gorgeous wings of a beautiful Butterfly.
"Behold in me," said the Butterfly, "your much-pitied friend! Boast
now of your powers to run and climb as long as you can get me to
listen." So saying, the Butterfly rose in the air, and, borne along
and aloft on the summer breeze, was soon lost to the sight of the
Ant forever.
"Appearances are deceptive."

2. The Ant and the Dove

AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and
being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of
drowning. A Dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water plucked
a leaf and let it fall into the stream close to her. The Ant
climbed onto it and floated in safety to the bank. Shortly
afterwards a birdcatcher came and stood under the tree, and laid
his lime-twigs for the Dove, which sat in the branches. The Ant,
perceiving his design, stung him in the foot. In pain the
birdcatcher threw down the twigs, and the noise made the Dove
take wing.
One good turn deserves another

3. The Ant and the Grasshopper

In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about,
chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by,
bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the
nest.
"Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper,
"instead of toiling and moiling in that way?"
"I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant,
"and recommend you to do the same."
"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; we have got
plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and
continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no
food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants
distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had
collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew:
It is best to prepare for the days of necessity

4. The Cat and Venus

A CAT fell in love with a handsome young man, and entreated Venus
to change her into the form of a woman. Venus consented to her
request and transformed her into a beautiful damsel, so that the
youth saw her and loved her, and took her home as his bride.
While the two were reclining in their chamber, Venus wishing to
discover if the Cat in her change of shape had also altered her
habits of life, let down a mouse in the middle of the room. The
Cat, quite forgetting her present condition, started up from the
couch and pursued the mouse, wishing to eat it. Venus was much
disappointed and again caused her to return to her former shape.
Nature exceeds nurture.

5.

The Crow and the Pitcher

A CROW perishing with thirst saw a pitcher, and hoping to find

water, flew to it with delight. When he reached it, he
discovered to his grief that it contained so little water that he
could not possibly get at it. He tried everything he could think
of to reach the water, but all his efforts were in vain. At last
he collected as many stones as he could carry and dropped them
one by one with his beak into the pitcher, until he brought the
water within his reach and thus saved his life.
Necessity is the mother of invention.