ZEUSZEUSRoman name Jupiter

• Zeus was the Zeus was the supreme god of supreme god of the Olympians.the Olympians.

HeraHeraRoman name Juno

• Hera was the Hera was the goddess of goddess of marriage. She marriage. She was the wife of was the wife of Zeus and Queen Zeus and Queen of the Olympians.of the Olympians.

APHRODITEAPHRODITERoman name Venus

• Aphrodite was the Aphrodite was the goddess of love, goddess of love, beauty and beauty and fertility. She was fertility. She was also a protectress also a protectress of sailors. of sailors.

ARESARESRoman name Mars

• Ares was the god Ares was the god of war, or more of war, or more precisely of precisely of warlike frenzy. warlike frenzy.

HEPHAESTUSHEPHAESTUSRoman name Vulcan

• Hephaestus was Hephaestus was the lame god of the lame god of fire and crafts or fire and crafts or the two together, the two together, hence of hence of blacksmiths.blacksmiths.

ARTEMISARTEMISRoman name Diana

• Artemis was the Artemis was the goddess of the goddess of the hunt. She helped hunt. She helped women in women in childbirth, but childbirth, but also brought also brought sudden death sudden death with her arrows. with her arrows.

DIONYSUSDIONYSUSRoman name Bacchus

• Dionysus was the Dionysus was the god of wine.god of wine.

HERMESHERMESRoman name Mercury

• Hermes was the Hermes was the messenger of the messenger of the gods and guide of gods and guide of dead souls to the dead souls to the Underworld.Underworld.

POSEIDONPOSEIDON Roman name Neptune

• Poseidon was the Poseidon was the god of the sea, god of the sea, earthquakes and earthquakes and horses. Although horses. Although he was officially he was officially one of the one of the supreme gods of supreme gods of Mount Olympus, Mount Olympus, he spent most of he spent most of his time in his his time in his watery domain.watery domain.

APOLLOAPOLLORoman name Apollo

• Apollo was the Apollo was the god of prophesy, god of prophesy, music and music and healing.healing.

ATHENAATHENARoman name Minerva

• Athena was the Athena was the goddess of crafts goddess of crafts and the domestic and the domestic arts and also those arts and also those of war and wisdom. of war and wisdom. She was the patron She was the patron goddess of Athens. goddess of Athens. Her symbol was the Her symbol was the owl.owl.

DEMETERDEMETERRoman name Cerus

• Demeter was the Demeter was the goddess of goddess of agriculture. She agriculture. She was the sister of was the sister of Zeus and the Zeus and the mother of mother of Persephone. Persephone.

HADESHADESRoman name Pluto

• Hades was the Hades was the God of the dead God of the dead and ruler of the and ruler of the Underworld, which Underworld, which was called Hades was called Hades after the god. after the god. Hades abducted Hades abducted Persephone, who Persephone, who became his queen.became his queen.