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  • ZEUSRoman name JupiterZeus was the supreme god of the Olympians.

  • HeraRoman name JunoHera was the goddess of marriage. She was the wife of Zeus and Queen of the Olympians.

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

  • ARESRoman name MarsAres was the god of war, or more precisely of warlike frenzy.

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

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

  • DIONYSUSRoman name BacchusDionysus was the god of wine.

  • HERMESRoman name MercuryHermes was the messenger of the gods and guide of dead souls to the Underworld.

  • POSEIDON Roman name Neptune

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

  • APOLLORoman name ApolloApollo was the god of prophesy, music and healing.

  • ATHENARoman name Minerva

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

  • DEMETERRoman name CerusDemeter was the goddess of agriculture. She was the sister of Zeus and the mother of Persephone.

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

  • HESTIARoman name VestaHestia, Goddess of Earth and Domestic Life was one of the three virgin goddesses, next toAthenaandArtemis. BothPoseidonandApollowished to marry her, however Hestia had given the oath toZeusto never enter into a union with a male and to remain forever pure and undefiled.

  • HEBE

    Hebe, Goddess of Youth, was the daughter ofZeusandHera. However, according to a myth of that time, Hera had been impregnated solely by wild lettuce, while having dinner with the Greek godApollo.Hebe was the sister ofAresandHephaestusand Eilythia, the goddess of childbirth.

  • CRONUS

    Cronus was a child of Uranus, the god of the sky, and his wife Gaea. According to Apollodorus[1], Cronus was the youngest and weakest, but smartest of the Titans. Cronus was married to his own sisterRheaand, after throwing their father to the depths of the underworld, they took the throne of the world together as King and Queen.

  • RHEARhea was the mother of the Olympian Gods and the wife of her own brotherCronus. From the union of Rhea and Cronus, six children were created, who would later on becomeOlympian gods. Their names wereHera,Demeter,Hestia,Poseidon,HadesandZeus.

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