The Greek / Roman Gods & Goddesses
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The Greek Gods & Goddesses
Zeus / Jupiter
King of the gods
God of air
Uses Thunderbolts as
his weapon
Womanizer – married
his own sister
Son of Cronos and
Rhea
Most powerful
Jupiter is so named because it is so big – it is
the “King of Planets”
Hera / Juno
Queen of the gods
Protector of marriage
Wife/sister of Zeus
The peacock is her symbol
(because of the eye-look)
Cows are sacred to her
(ox-eyed Hera)
Jealous
There is an asteroid
named after her, as well
as a city in Alaska.
Athena / Minerva
Goddess of wisdom and
defensive war
Daughter of Zeus and
Metis (titan) – she popped
out of his head after he
swallowed the pregnant
Metis
She carries a shield with
Medusa’s head on it
Minerva was a tiny
robot designed by the
Japanese to land on
an asteroid, but itgot
lost in space.
Poseidon / Neptune
God of the sea and
earthquakes
Made horses
Trident is weapon
Amphitrite is his wife
Zeus’ brother
Son of Cronos and Rhea
2nd most powerful
Neptune is so
named
because the
blue looks
like water.
Hades / Pluto
God of the Underworld and
Wealth
King of the dead but he is not
Death
Zeus’ brother
Son of Cronos and Rhea
Has a helmet that makes the
wearer invisible
Persephone is his wife
NOT EVIL! (but he is unpitying)
3rd most powerful
Demeter / Ceres
Daughter of Cronos and
Rhea
Goddess of vegetation
Had powers of growth and
resurrection
Her daughter is Persephone
The asteroid Ceres was the first asteroid
ever discovered and is one of the largest
(about the size of Texas). It almost
became designated as a planet
Artemis / Diana
Apollo’s Twin sister
Goddess of the
hunt, wild things
She is the moon
goddess sometimes
Virgin goddess
As Diana, she is also
a goddess of light
Stags are sacred
The Artemis
navigation
satellite
Apollo
God of truth, light, archery,
and healing
Sun god in some myths
(Helios is the sun god in
other myths)
Son of Zeus and Leto
Wolves, dolphins, and
crows are sacred to him
Has the Oracle of Delphi
Apollo asteroids
are near-earth
asteroids
Hermes / Mercury
The Hermes Asteroid
Messenger god and
the god of thieves
Greek Trickster
figure
Very fast
Son of Zeus and
Maia
Loves Aphrodite
Greeks believed he
guided souls to
Hades
Mercury revolves around the sun so fast, it was named
for the messenger god. One year is faster than one day
on Mercury.
Hephaestus / Vulcan
God of fire and the forge
Son of Zeus and Hera
Ugly
Lame because he was thrown off Mt.
Olympus for interfering with a fight
between Hera and Zeus
Husband to Aphrodite
Aphrodite / Venus
Goddess of beauty
and love
Mother of
Eros/Cupid
Wife of
Hephaestus/Vulcan
but lover of
Ares/Mars and
other guys
Born from the foam in the sea caused
by the attack of Cronos/ Saturn on
Ouranus/Uranus
Venus is so named
because it is a beautiful
planet and can be easily
seen with just the eye.
Ares / Mars
God of War
Son of Zeus and Hera, but
both hate him
The Romans glorify him,
but the Greeks make him
out to be a coward
He has three children with
Aphrodite: Phobos (panic)
and Deimos (fear) are
twins
Mars and its moons,
Phobos and Deimos
Hestia / Vesta
Zeus’ sister – Oldest of the
original gods
Goddess of the hearth and home
Gave up her spot on Mt. Olympus
for Dionysus
Worshipped daily
A virgin priestesses served her
for 30 year time periods
Does pretty much nothing in
mythology
Asteroid Vesta