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Zeus
King of gods and ruler of mankind |
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Roman name:Jupiter
Symbol:thunderbolt
overthrew Cronus |
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Poseidon
God of sea, horses, and earthquakes |
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Roman name: Neptune
Symbol: Trident/Bull
Zeus's brother |
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Hades
God of underworld
did not live on mount olympus |
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Roman name:Pluto
Symbol: Invisibility helmet/cerberus/River Styx |
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Hestia
Goddess of hearth and home; sister of Zeus |
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Roman name:Vesta
Symbol:virgin |
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Hera
Queen of gods and wife/sister of Zeus |
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Roman name:Juno
Symbol:Cow/peacock/argos |
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Roman name: Mars
Symbol:Vulture/dogs/armour |
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Athena
Goddess of wisdom, war, and weaving |
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Roman name:Minerva
Symbol:olives/ow
zeus's daughter
favorite. came out of his head, has no mother. |
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Apollo/ Pheobus
God of sun, music, poetry, and medicine |
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Symbol: harp/lyre/ chariot/bow and arrow |
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Aphrodite
Goddess of love and beauty |
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Roman name:Venus
Symbol:Dove/myrtle/sparrow
came out of the water |
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Hermes
Messenger God; god of commerce, travelers,and thieves |
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Roman name: Mercury
Symbol: Winged sandals and caduccus
son of Zeus |
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Artemis
Goddess of moon and hunting; patroness of maidens |
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Roman name:Diana
Symbol:bow and arrow/ deer/loral
brother of appolo |
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Hephaestus
God of fire;forger or armor |
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Roman name:Vulcan
Symbol:hammer/anvil |
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married to Cronus
gave birth to Zeus/olympians |
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ocean-m-tethus
mnemosyme- memory
Hyperion-sun,moon,dawn
Japet/iapetus-prometheus, epimethius, and atlas |
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9 muses--
clio(history)
urania(astronomy)
erato(love poetry)
calliope(epic poetry)
euterpe(lyric poetry)
melpomene(tragedy)
thalia(comedy)
polyhymnia(songs to the gods)
terpsichore(dance) |
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Zeus, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, Hades, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Artemis,
Aphrodite, Hermes, Hephaestus
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Jupiter, Juno, Vesta, Neptune, Pluto, Mars, Minerva, Apollo, Diana, Venus, Mercury, Vulcan |
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| Tisiphone, Allecto, and Megaera |
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Clotho - spun thread of human life
Lachesis - twisted and measured the thread
Atropos - cut the thread of human life |
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Demeter
goddess of agriculture |
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Roman name: Ceres
Symbol: wheat
mother of persephone
sister of Zeus |
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Roman name: bachhus
Symbol: bunch of grapes
parents:Zeus and Semele
Dionysus was resurrected because he rescued his mother |
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