Mythology
Gods and Goddesses of Olympus
Greek God
Roman God
Jupiter or jove
Zeus
Jupiter or Jove
Juno
Hera
Minerva
Athena
Apollo
Apollo Phoebus
Diana
Artemis
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Symbols
Thunderbolts
Statue of victory in
other
Eagle
Olympic Games
Peacock
cuckoo
Domain
Ruler of universe; special
diety of mankind,
personification of the sky
Guardian of peace; presides
over Mt Olympus
Queen of heaven; goddess of
the atmosphere and marriage
Mother of Mars, Hebe,
Vulcan- Iris is her attendant
Peace,
Defensive war,
Needlework
Wisdom –chases
dullness away
Laurel wreath
Laurel tree
Olive tree
Bow and arrows
Moon,
Chase, hills
Sun, medicine, music,
poetry, fine arts
Myth/Story
Europa- Zeus turns self to bull to pursue
her carries her off
Took her to new land Europe
Three sons – appointed judges of
infernal regions
Callisto – Zeus interested in her ; hera
takes girls speech turns her into bear
drives her to the forest – bears bear son
Arcas Zeus finds her and transfers to the
sky with her son
Jupiter headache/ asks Vulcan to open
his head
Minerva comes out full grown with
glittering armour , spear
Son of Jupiter and Latona (Leto)
Goddess of dark nights
Banished Latona to earth – no one was
to help or pity her
Reapers stir up water making it
undrinkable for Leto- Jupiter turns them
to frogs
At seashore reaches to Neptune for help
who sends dolphin to take hter to Delos
Apollo and Diana divinities of sun and
moon are her children
Niobe laughed at Leto’s claim that her
children Apollo and Diana were
unsurpassed inbeauty, intelligence,
power
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N had 14 children; N orders people not
to worship them; L sends her children to
slay all Niobes offspring gods turn
niobe to stone in pity Statue said to still
have tears falling Allegory- Niobe
represents winter; tears thaw; apollos
arrows of sunshine end winter
Aphrodite
Mercury
Hermes
Ares
Goddess of moisture
Beauty
Venus
Mars
Magic wand alled
Caduceus (from
Apollo) reconciled
fighting
Winged sandals
Winged cap
Armour
Plumed helmet
Poised spear
Shield
Bull
Diana drives moon car every night
Daughter of Jupiter and Dione or sprang
from sea;
Carried by sea nymphs to gods who are
amazed at her beauty
Refuses marriage even of Zeus
To punish her he says she will marry
Vulcan – loveless marriage she
abandons him
Messenger of gods
God of thieves
Eloquence, commerce, rain,
wind , special patron of
travelers, shepherds , cheats
Zeus affair with Maia produces Hermes
As a baby Hermes invented the lyre
Kills two of Apollos sheep gives Apollo
the lyre he made from tortoise shell
War
Personification fo the angry
clouded sky
Ilia bears his twin sons Romulus and
Remus; parents of Ilia bury her alive
leave sons exposed in wilderness; they
survive nursed by a she wolf adopted by
shepherd
Romulus kills Remus after founding
land that will become rome
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Iron ruler killed and body hid under
robes
Orders he be worshipped
Hephaestus
Smith tools
God of fire and forge
Patron of blacksmiths and
artisians
Zeus hangs Juno from a chain from
heaven; Vulcan saves her by yanking
chain Zeus catches him and flings him
from heavan
Injured leg lame for life
Established forge in mt aetna
Neptune
trident
Waters on earthEarthquakes
Tried to overthrow Zeus-plot discovered
Zeus condemns him to earth to build
troy for Laomedon who promises
compenstation; Apollo also banished
from heaven agrees to help by playing
his lyre and moving stones with the
sweet sounds
When Laomedon does not follow
through Neptune creates a monster that
eats the inhabitants and destroys much
of the troy
Sacrifice a virgin to him
He disappears for a year
Returns for anther virgin- finally
Hesione kings only daughter turn
He says he will give a reward to anyone
who slays the monster
Hercules does Laomedon again does not
follow through
Hercules returns with a force to defeat
Vulcan
Poseidon
Seamen and horse trainers
worship him
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Pluto
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Septre and key
Underworld
Dead and riches
the Trojans- kills king takes family to
Greece as slaves
Reason Apollo and Neptune support
Greeks in Trojan War
Wife proserpina daughter of Ceres
Hades
Bacchus
Ceberus three headed
dog gaurds gate
Charon rows people
across in his boat
Must give coin
Chariot drawn by
leopards and panthers
Wine and revelry
Dionysus
Tutor Silenus, a satyr – half man, half
goat follows him on an ass
Bacchus rides his chariot
Grape vine wreath
Demeter
Ceres
Shaft of wheat
Goddess of vegetation
Vesta
Hestia
Flames represent
purity of goddess
Goddess of fire, family
hearth guardian angel of
mankind
Midas asked Bacchus to allow
everything he touched to turn to gold
When Midas is upset Bacchus tells him
to wash his hand in the Pactolus River
Sands turn gold
Daughter taken to underworld to marry
Hades; Demeter will not allow anything
to grow until she returns
Vestal virgins- admitted at 6 serve ten
years learning how to fulfill duties as
guardians of the sacred fire
10 years doing it
10 years training new group
keep vows or be buried alive
wore pure white with purple border
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other privledges
admired by all