Key
MAJOR GODS & GODDESSES
GREEK NAME
Zeus
ROMAN NAME
Jupiter
TITLE /description
god of Heavens and Earth
SYMBOL
Lightning bolts and thunder
King of the Gods - lived on Mt
Olympus
Hera ( wife of Zeus)
Juno
Goddess of marriage and
Peacock and the Cow
married women
Poseidon ( brother of Zeus)
Neptune
God of sea and earthquakes
Three pronged spear , dolphins
and horses
Hades ( brother of Zeus)
Pluto
God of the underworld
Two pronged spear ( Cerberus
was his guard - three headed
dog) Had six black horses that
pulled a black chariot
Hestia ( Sister of Zeus)
Vestia
Goddess of hearth and home
Hearth fire
Demeter
Ceres
Goddess of all growing things
Sheaf of wheat /cornucopia
Athena ( sprang from the head of Zeus
Minerva
Goddess of wisdom /statecraft
Owl, Olive tree
full grown)
and war
Aphrodite ( wife of Hephaestus)
Venus
Goddess of love and beauty
Dove, Sparrow , Rose , Evergreen
Shrub
MAJOR GODS & GODDESSES
GREEK NAME
ROMAN NAME
TITLE/description
SYMBOL
Ares ( son of Zeus and Hera)
Mars
God of war , hatred and violence
Spear, vultures, dogs , shield
Hephaestus ( husband of Aphrodite)
Vulcan
God of blacksmiths and
Forge and anvil
Son of Zeus and Hera( so ugly Hera
metalworkers, craftsmen
through him off Mount Olympus)
Apollo ( Son of Zeus)
Apollo
God of sunlight, truth, poetry
Lyre and laurel wreath
music, and healing, Protector of
single men
Artemis ( twin sister of Apollo)
Diana
Goddess of moon, single
Crescent moon , crown, and
women, hunting and childbirth
stag, bow and arrow
( twin of Apollo)
Hermes
Mercury
God of trade , travel, and theft
Winged sandals, money,
messenger
Dionysus
Bacchus
God of wine and parties, drama
Ivy, grapes, wine cup , leopard
Eros ( son of Aphrodite)
Cupid
Minor god, love , son of
Bow and arrow, hearts
Aphrodite and Hermes