Transcript Gods and Goddesses

GREEK GODS AND GODDESSES
THE OLYMPIANS
-12 immortals dwell on Mount Olympus
-Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Hera, Hemes, Poseidon
-Hades lives in the underworld
-Other gods, sometimes live on Olympus: Achelous :: Adonis :: Adrestia :: Aeolus :: Aether :: Agathodaemon :: Aglaea ::
Algea :: Alpheus :: Amphitrite :: Ananke :: Androktasiai :: Anemoi :: Anteros :: Apate :: Aristaeus :: Asclepius :: Asopus ::
Astraea :: Ate :: Atropos :: Aura :: Bia :: Britomartis :: Calypso :: Castalia :: Cephissus :: Chaos :: Circe :: Clotho :: Clytie ::
Deimos :: Demeter :: Dionysus :: Dysnomia :: Echo :: Eileithyia :: Elpis :: Enyo :: Erebus :: Eris :: Eros :: Euphrosyne :: Gaea ::
Geras :: Graeae :: Harmonia :: Hebe :: Hecate :: Heliadae :: Heliades :: Helios :: Hemera :: Hermaphroditus :: Hesperides ::
Hesperus :: Horae :: Horkos :: Hyades :: Hyas :: Hypnos :: Iasion :: Iris :: Keres :: Keto :: Kratos :: Lachesis :: Lethe :: Limos ::
Lyssa :: Makhai :: Maniae :: Melinoe :: Minor Gods :: Momus :: Moros :: Morpheus :: Nemesis :: Nephele :: Nike :: Nilus ::
Nysiads :: Nyx :: Oizys :: Old Man of the Sea :: Oneiroi :: Ourea :: Paean :: Pan :: Peneus :: Persephone :: Pheme :: Philotes ::
Phobos :: Phonoi :: Phorcys :: Phosphorus :: Phthonus :: Ploutos :: Ponos :: Pontus :: Primordial :: Pseudologoi :: Psyche ::
Rhode :: Scamander :: Syrinx :: Tartarus :: Telesto :: Thalassa :: Thalia :: Thanatos :: Thaumas :: The Erinnyes :: The Fates :: The
Graces :: The Muses :: Thetis :: Tyche :: Typhoeus :: Uranus :: Zagreus :: Zelus
TITANS
• Asteria :: Astraeus :: Atlas :: Clymene :: Coeus :: Crius :: Cronus :: Dione :: Eos :: Epimetheus ::
Eurybia :: Eurynome :: Hyperion :: Iapetus :: Lelantos :: Menoetius :: Metis :: Mnemosyne ::
Oceanus :: Ophion :: Pallas :: Perses :: Phoebe :: Prometheus :: Rhea :: Selene :: Styx :: Tethys ::
Thea :: Themis
• Members of the second order of divine beings, descended from the primordial deities(first
gods coming from chaos), children of Gaia and Uranus
APOLLO
• God of the sun, music, poetry and
medicine
• Son of Zeus and Leto, twin of Artemis
• Symbols: bow and arrows, golden lyre, and
horse-drawn chariot, laurel wreath, python
and raven
• Amon (Egyptian), Sol (Norse)
ARES
• God of War
• Mars (Roman), Thor (Norse),
Huitzilopochtli (Aztec)
• Son of Zeus and Hera, they disliked him
• He had 8 children with his sister,
Aphrodite
• Known for violence
• Symbols:spear, helmet, dog, chariot, boar,
vulture, flaming torch
ARTEMIS
• Goddess of hunting, the natural
environment and the moon
• Diana (Roman), Bast (Egyptian), Ullr
(Norse)
• Never married or had children
• Daughter of Zeus and Leto, twin of Apollo
• Symbols: Bow, arrows, stags, hunting dog
and moon
ATHENA
• Goddess of wisdom, war and the arts
• Minerva(Roman),Vor (Norse), and Thoth
(Egyptian)
• Daughter of Zeus-she sprang from his
forehead
• Symbols: snakes, armor, helmet, spears,
olive tree, owl
DEMETER
• Goddess of agriculture and the harvest
• Ceres(Roman) and Cinteotl (Aztec)
• Daughter of Cronus and Rhea
• Mother of Persephone
• Intimately related to the seasons-winter is
when she is grieving her daughter being in
the underworld
• Symbols: cornucopia and wheat
APHRODITE
• Goddess of love and beauty
• Venus (Roman), Freys (Norse)
• Daughter of Zeus and Dione
• Married to Hephaestus
• Symbols: dolphin, rose, scallop shell, myrtle
tree, dove, sparrow, girdle, mirror, swan
• She had lots of children
ZEUS
• King of the Gods, ruler of the sky
• Jupiter or Jove(Roman), Odin(Norse), and
Ra(Egyptian)
• Son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Hades
and Poseidon, Demeter and Hestia
• Weapon was a thunderbolt
• Married to Hera, fathered many children
in and outside of his marriage
• Symbols: thunderbolt, eagle, bull, oak
HADES
• God of Death and the underworld
• Pluto (Roman), Anubis (Egyptian), Hel
(Norse)
• Married to Persephone, he kidnapped her
and brought her to the underworld
• Son of Cronus and brother of Zeus
• Symbols: pitchfork, cypress
HERMES
• Messenger of the Gods, God of
commerce, escorts people to the
underworld
• Mercury (Roman)
• Son of Zeus and Maia
• Known for speed and for being able to
move between the world of the gods and
the humans, and for playing tricks
• Symbols: tortoise, lyre, rooster
POSEIDON
• God of the sea and earthquakes
• Son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus
and Hades
• Neptune (Roman), Acuecucyotichuati
(Aztec), Sedna (Inuit)
• Symbols: trident, fish, dolphin, horse, bull
• Married to Amphitrite
• Greedy and quarrelsome
• Created the first horse to impress Demeter
HERA
• Queen of the gods and marriage
• Wife/Sister of Zeus-turbulent marriage, he
tricked her into marriage
• She led a failed revolt against Zeus
• Juno (Roman)
• Symbols: Pomegranate, Peacock,
diadem(crown), Scepter