GREEK GODS

ZEUS/ JUPITER

• Commander of all on earth and the place of the gods.
• Has the power of lightning given to him by the Cyclopes for his greatness against Cronos.
• Said to be father of gods and mortals
• Mother: Rhea Father Cronos
• Symbols attributed to him are the scepter, the throne, and the thunderbolt.

HERA/JUNO

• Wife and goddess of mothers.
• Had the act of jealously on her side by seeing the women that Zeus was in a relationship with.
• Symbols attributed to her are the diadem, the scepter and the pomegranate, a symbol of fertility.
• Mother: Rhea Father Cronos

POSEIDON/NEPTUNE

• God of the sea and waters.
• A part of the big three which
• Mother: Rhea Father: Cronos
• A Symbol that is attributed to him is the trident.

HADES/PLUTO

• God of the underworld.
• Mother: Rhea Father: Cronus
• Symbols that attribute to him are helmet, which helped him stay invisible. His sacred animal was Cerberus, his own three-headed dog.

APOLLO/PHOEBUS APOLLO

• God of the sun and music.
• Mother: Titsness Father: Zeus
• Symbols that are attributed to him are lyre, the tripod, the laurel tree and the navel stone.

ARTEMIS/DIANA

• Goddess of nature
• Mother: Titaness Father: Zeus
• Symbols that are attributed to her are the bow and the pike

ARES/MARS

• God of war
• Mother: Hera Father: Zeus
• Symbols that are attributed to him are the spear and his sacred animal was the dog.

APHRODITE/VENUS

• Goddess of beauty
• Created by the foam Paphos
• Symbols that are attributed to her are the girdle, the seashell and the mirror.

ATHENA/MINERVA

• Goddess of wisdom
• Mother: Metis Father: Zeus
• Symbols that are attributed to her are the spear, the distaff and the aegis (a shield of goatskin).

HEPHAETUS/VULCAN

• God of fire, and the forge
• Mother: Hera Father: Zeus
• Symbols that are attributed to him are the fire, the axe, the pincers and the hammer.

HERMES/Mercury

• Messenger of the Gods
• Mother: Nymph Maea father: Zeus
• Symbols that are attributed to him are the caduceus (his staff), the purse (or leather pouch), the winged sandals, the ram and the petasus (his hat).