PROJECT ENTRY #2THE SYMBOLS OF THE GREEK

GODS AND GODDESSES

1.Zeus

He was depicted as a royal posture mature man with a dark beard. His symbols were the royal sceptre, the eagle and the lightning bold the leathal weapon. 

The eagle is the king of the sky and surveys all life while flying same as Zeus.

2.Hera

 It symbolized Zeus' love for her because Zeus was disguised in a cuckoo when he conquered her, the pomegranate- symbol of fertility because Hera was also the goddess patron of childbirth.

3.Poseidon

The Symbol was created for Poseidon because he was determined to be the god of water, strength and horses. He created water with the Trident.

4.Artemis

She is known as the goddess of the moon, so evidently, the moon would represent her.

5.Hades

Hades' symbol of power is not just a helmet. Is called the 'Helm of Darkness'. It searches your mind to find the thing that you fear the most, and then, when Hades wears it, he becomes that thing. Wearing, Hades can become shadows, and no-one can know where he is. It is his most powerful weapon.

6.Ares

Because the spear was used in ancient warfare; Ares being the god of war.

7.Hestia

 Hestia received the first offering at every sacrifice in the household. She was also offered the first and last libations of wine at feasts. As the goddess of the family hearth she also presided over the cooking of bread and the preparation of family meals. When a new colony was established, flame from Hestia’s public hearth in the mother city would be carried to the new settlement.

8.Aphrodite

There should be two doves, they always are in art. And even today the doves are love birds.

9.Hermes

The association of the Rooster with Hermes may stem from Hermes' role as the Herald of the Olympians. Much as the rooster crows before dawn or with the dawn, Hermes announced the arrival of the Olympians, 

10.Hephaestus

Hephaestus was the god of fire and the forge and he made armor and weapons for the gods.