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|
GOD
(and other names) |
KNOWN AS (epithet) |
KEY QUALITIES |
SYMBOLS |
| ZEUS (Jupiter, Jove, Thor) |
Father of all Gods God of Thunder |
Powerful Just
Unfaithful (in marriage) |
Thunderbolt Eagle
Oak tree |
| HERA (Juno)
Zeus’s Wife and Sister |
Goddess of Marriage and Childbirth |
Intelligent Jealous |
Peacock Cow |
| POSEIDON (Neptune)
Zeus’s Brother |
Lord of the Sea |
Powerful (2nd only to Zeus) Greedy
Quarrelsome |
Trident |
| HESTIA (Vesta)
Zeus’s Sister |
The Virgin Goddess Goddess of the Hearth and
Home |
Mild Kind
Charitable |
(none) |
| DEMETER (Ceres)
Zeus’s Sister |
Goddess of the Earth Goddess of Agriculture |
Controls the seasons |
Grain Poppy
Crane |
| APOLLO (no other name)
Zeus’s Son and Artemis’s twin brother |
The Sun God God of Light
God of Music
God of Healing |
Cannot speak a lie Great fighter |
Lyre Crow
Laurel |
| ARTEMIS (Diana)
Zeus’s Daughter and Apollo’s twin sister |
Protector of the Young Lady of the Wild
Things
Huntsman of the Gods
Goddess of the Moon |
Friend to mortals |
Deer |
| ARES (Mars)
Zeus’s Son |
God of War (or God of Warlike Frenzy) |
Cruel, murderous, handsome, cowardly |
Vulture Dog |
| APHRODITE (Venus)
Zeus’s Daughter |
Goddess of Love and Desire Goddess of Beauty |
Beautiful Can make men fall in love with her
Competitive with other people who are beautiful |
Swan Dove |
| HEPHAESTUS (Vulcan)
Zeus’s Son |
God of Fire and Iron Armorer of the Gods |
Ugly, lame, peace-loving, clever |
Volcano Axe |
| ATHENA (Minerva)
Zeus’s Daughter |
Goddess of War and Wisdom Goddess of Crafts
and Arts |
Born out of Zeus’s head Wise |
Owl |
| HERMES (Mercury)
Zeus’s Son |
Messenger of the Gods Patron to Travelers |
Prankster Genius
Helpful to humans |
Caduceus (staff with snakes and wings) Wings |
| DIONYSUS (Bacchus)
Zeus’s Son |
God of Fertility and Wine Patron of Arts and
Theater |
Fluctuates between joyful and mean moods,
Often drunk |
Grape vine Wine goblet |