ZEUS

- Jupiter

- son of Cronus and Rhea

-Lord of the Sky

-cloud-gatherer

-rain god

-thunderbolts

SYMBOLS - eagle, oak tree, thunderbolt

XI - #1 of all gods, affair maniac

Hera

 -Juno

-daughter of Cronus and Rhea, Zeus's wife and sister

-goddess of marriage

SYMBOLS - cow, peacock

XI-punished people who had affairs with Zeus

Poseidon

- son of Cronus and Rhea

-Neptune

-god of the sea

SYMBOLS - water, trident, golden "car"

XI - 2nd after Zeus, gave the first horse

Hades

-son of Cronus and Rhea

-god of the dead, wealth

SYMBOLS - magic cap (makes him invisible), dead

XI - doesn't live on Olympus, 3rd in importance

- PLUTO

Pallas Athena

- Minerva

- daughter of ZEUS ONLY

-goddess of the city, agriculture, wisdom

SYM - owl

XI - Zeus's favorite, carries his thunderbolt

Phoebus Apollo

- son of Zeus and LETO

- god of musicians, archery, healing, light, truth

SYM - yellow flowers on a pine tree

XI - Greeks never lost a battle in the spring

 Artemis

- diana

- daughter of ZEUS and LETO

-goddess of wild animals, deer, moon

XI - Apollo's twin

Aphrodite

- Venus

-daughter of Zeus and DIONE

-goddess of love, beauty, laughter

-SYM-dove, sparrow, swan

XI - the most beautiful thing ever, married Hephaestus

Hermes

- Mercury

-son of Zeus and MAIA

-god of messages, commerce, guide of the dead

SYM - wings

XI-Zeus's messenger, in more stories than any other god

 Ares

- Mars

-son of Zeus and HERA

-god of war

SYM-vulture,dogs (rabid)

XI - EVIL, a murderer would pray to him

Hephaestus

-Vulcan

-son of Zeus and Hera OR Hera alone

-god of fire, blacksmiths, peace, crafts

SYM-fire

XI - married Aphrodite, ugly, deformed, crippled, but kind and loving

Hestia

-Vesta

-daughter of Cronus and Rhea

- goddess of the hearth

SYM-hearth

XI-babies held over fire