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King of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus
God of the sky and thunder
Youngest child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea |
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Queen of the gods
Godess of marriage and family |
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Lord of the seas, earthquakes and horses
Middle son of Cronus and Rhea
Brother of Zeus and Hades
Married to the Nereid Amphitrite |
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god of wine, celebrations and ectasy
Son of Zeus and the mortal Theban princess Semele
Married to the Cretan princess Ariadne
The youngest Olympian, as well as the only one to have been born of a mortal women |
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God of light, knowledge, music, poetry, prophecy, & archery
Twin brother of Artemis
Youngest child of Zeus & Leto |
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Virgin goddess of the hunt, virginity, childbirth, archery & all animals
Twin sister of Apollo
Eldest child of Zeua & Leto |
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Messenger of the gods
god of commerce & thieves
Son of Zeus & the nymph Maia
Second youngest Olympian, just older that Dionysus
He married Drope & their son Pan became comrade of Dionysus |
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Virgin goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, defence & strategic warfare
Daughter of Zeus & the Oceanic Metis
She rose from her father's head fully grown & in her full battle armor after she swalled her mother |
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God of war, violence & blood shed
Son of Zeus & Hera
All the gods (excluding Aphrodite) despised him |
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Goddess of love, beauty, & desire
Daughter of Zeus & the Oceanid Dione, or perhaps born from the sea foam after Uranus' blood dripped onto the earth & into the sea after being defeated by his youngest son Cronus
She had many adulturous affairs, most notably with Ares |
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Master blacksmith & craftsman of the gods
God of fire & the forge
Son of Hera, either by Zeus or alone
After he was born, his parents threw him off Mount Olympus, & he landed on the island of Lemnos
Married to Aphrodite, though unlike most divine husbands, he was rarely ever licentious |
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Goddess of fertility, agriculture, naturee & the seasons
Middle Daughter of Cronus & Rhea |
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God of the underworld, dead & the riches under the Earth |
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