Transcript The Olympian Gods

The Olympian
Gods
Part I
Jupiter
Zeus
• king of gods
• god of the sky/heavens
• depicted as a middle-aged
man with a beard
• symbols = eagle, lightening
bolt, scepter
• married to Jupiter
• goddess of women, marriage,
& childbirth
• symbols = peacock & crown
Juno
Hera
Neptune
Poseidon
• god of the sea
• Jupiter’s brother
• symbols = trident
& sea horses
Mars
Ares
• god of war
• father of the Roman people
(Romulus)
• symbols = helmet, spear, &
armor
• sacred animal = wolf
• had love affairs with Venus
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goddess of love & beauty
born from the sea
son = Cupid
married to Vulcan
symbols = dove, shell,
mirror, apple
Venus
Aphrodite
Minerva
Athena
• goddess of wisdom & skill
(e.g. weaving)
• born from Jupiter’s head
• depicted wearing a helmet
& carrying her aegis
• symbols = helmet, armor,
owl, aegis
The Olympian
Gods
Part II
Ceres
Demeter
• goddess of harvest
• daughter is Proserpina
(Persephone)
• symbols = grain,
cornucopia, torch
Diana
Artemis
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goddess of hunting, wilderness, & wild animals
twin of Apollo
virgin goddess
symbols = bow, arrow, moon
• god of music, prophecy, the
arts, medicine/healing
• had oracles at Delphi & Cumae
• symbols = lyre, snake, crow,
laurel, bow & arrow
Apollo
Apollo
Bacchus
Dionysus
• god of wine & theater
• cult was banned from Rome
in the 2nd century AD
• often accompanied by satyrs
• symbols = grapes & grape
leaves, cup, thyrsus (staff),
big cats (e.g. panther)
Mercury
Hermes
• messenger god
• god of roads, travel,
thieves, cunningness
• symbols = staff, winged
shoes, traveler’s cloak
Vulcan
Hephaestus
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husband of Venus
renowned for his ugliness
smith god
god of fire, volcanoes, metalworking
• symbols = hammer, tongs,
donkey
What is the Roman name for each
Greek god?
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Dionysus
Aphrodite
Demeter
Zeus
Poseidon
Hera
Hermes
Athena