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Greek Gods

Zeus (Greek) Jupiter (Roman) Head honcho Top God (and top dog) Master of the earth and skies Home: Mt. Olympus True form = pure light Womanizer High soaring eagle sacred to him.

Poseidon (Greek) Neptune (Roman) God of the seas Associated with water in all forms including clouds Essential to agriculture Created springs Caused floods and tidal waves when angered

Hades (Greek) Pluto (Roman) Third son of Rhea and Kronos (Saturn) Shared control of the world with Zeus and Poseidon Domain the underworld

Hera (Greek) Juno (Roman) God of storms Turbulent relationship with husband (Zeus/Jupiter) Fertile Fickle Punished immoral behavior God of marriage

Athena/Minerva And Aphrodite/Venus Aphrodite God of love Qualities of beauty and nobility Coarseness, decadence, corruption Athena God of war (defense) God of wisdom Led battles to victory in peace and prosperity Associated with the owl & the shield

Artemis And Demeter God of the earth Watched over the growth of grain and cereals Hades took daughter Taught the art of agriculture. Artemis: virgin goddess of fertility; the protector of flocks of sheep; goddess of the hunt and the forest; identified with the moon; Apollo was her twin brother.

Dionysos And Hephaestus Dionysos/Bacchus: god of wine and theatre; associated with joyous celebrations. His father was Zeus. Hephaestus /Vulcan: blacksmith of the gods; personifies the fire in the earth that emerges from volcanoes; portrayed as being deformed. The son of Zeus and Hera.

Apollo Sun god God of music and Associated with youth and strength Physical aspect of Apollo is also known as Helios or Hyperion.

Ares And Hermes Ares/Mars God of war Thought of as enjoying slaughter and massacre Son of Zeus and Hera Loved war for destruction sake Hermes/Mercury: Patron god of traders and commerce and thieves and rogues; messenger of the gods, led the dead through underworld.

Persephone Persephone: daughter of Demeter and Zeus; personification of young, blooming life taken prisoner by Hades. Demeter's neglect of the world while she was searching for her daughter brought famine to the world. Demeter persuaded Hades to release Persephone but before she left, Demeter's daughter ate the food of the underworld which meant that she could not leave. Eventually she was forced to spend only part of the year in the underworld and that time is what we know as winter, the season of death.

The End By Shaleen Fullmer