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ZeusKing of the Gods
Defeated Titans
Held power over the weather, and holds power over both the sky and the land of the earth.
Depicted as a mature bearded man, but also appeared in
other forms when visiting the mortal realm.
The lightening bolt was his symbol.
HeraQueen of the Gods
Wife & Sister to Zeus
Goddess of women, marriage, nurses, the sky and the
heavens.
Depicted as a beautiful woman holding a lotus-tipped staff
She was called upon by women on their wedding nights, during childbirth, and to gain revenge
on their erring husbands.
HadesLord of the underworld and the
dead, presiding over funerals and defending the
right to proper burial
He is also the god of wealth
He is brother to Zeus
He helped Zeus defeat
the Titans
Depicted as a regal man
with a dark beard
Aphrodite
Goddess of beauty, love, pleasure, procreation.
Depicted as a beautiful young woman, usually with
the winged Eros.
Her symbols were apples, scalloped shells, doves, and
mirrors.
Her birth.
Artemis
Goddess of hunting, wild animals, wilderness,
childbirth, and girl-children until they marry.
She is often depicted as a young girl in a knee length chiton,
with a bow and arrow.
Ares
Lord of war, battle lust, civil order, and manly
courage.
He is depicted either as a bearded man in battle or a young beardless man
carrying a spear wearing a helm.
Symbols are the spear and helm, shields.
ApolloLord of the prophecy and
oracles, plagues and disease, healing, music, songs, poetry,
archery, protector of the young.
He is always depicted as a young beardless man.
He was thought to carry the sun across the sky with his golden
chariot.
Symbols include laurel leaves, ravens, bows and arrows, lyres.
HermesGod of animal husbandry, roads, travel, hospitality,
heralds, diplomacy, trade, thievery, language, writing, persuasion, cunning wiles,
athletic contests, gymnasiums, astronomy, and astrology.
Depicted as a handsome and athletic, beardless youth, or as
an older bearded man.
His attributes included the herald's wand, winged boots,
and sometimes a traveling cloak.
Athena
Goddess of wise council, war, defender of cities, heroic
endeavors, pottery, weaving
Her birth
She is depicted as a young woman, armed, and wearing a
cloak adorned with snakes and the head of the gorgon.
City of Athens is named for her.
Poseidon
God of the sea, rivers, flood and drought, earthquakes, and
horses.
He is brother to Zeus
He helped Zeus defeat
the Titans
Depicted as a mature man with a dark beard.
Symbol was a trident.
Hestia
Goddess of the hearth and the home.
She watched over the cooking of bread and the preparation of
the family meal.
Depicted as a modestly veiled woman sometimes holding a
flowered branch.
Her symbol was the flower branch, which symbolized her
everlasting virginity.
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