Greek Gods

Mount Olympus: Where they play!

“One who contends with immortals lives a very short life.” -Homer

Zeus

"The dice of Zeus always falls luckily."

•King of all Greek Gods

•Lord of the sky, god of thunder & lightning

•Quite the ladies man-he loved the ladies!

PoseidonZeus’s brother

God of the Sea & earthquakes

Trident-weapon of choice

Hera

QUEEN of the Gods.

Wife & Sister of Zeus

Goddess of marriage & protector of women

Nagging & jealous

Can be tender and kind

Athena: Daddies Little Girl

Zeus’s favorite daughter

She has no mother

Sprung from

Zeus’s head: Major Headache!

•Goddess of wisdom & war, arts & crafts

•Protector of heroes

Apollo & Artemis

God of light & music

God of medicine & healing

Most beautiful of the gods

Goddess of hunting & unmarried girls

Fierce & tender

Associated with the moon

Zeus’s children: He had twins!

Ares Zeus’s son

God of War!

Boastful, cruel, & had no manners

He brought: Violence & bloodshed

Hephaestus:The Ugly Face-stus!

Son of Zeus

God of fire

Ugly, but quite the personality

Work: Blacksmith

Aphrodite

Goddess of love & beauty

Irony: Married to Hephaestus, the ugly god

Her son is Eros (called Cupid)

HermesZeus’s happy son

God of shepherds, merchants, travelers, & thieves.

Messenger: wings on sandal & cap.

Hestia•Zeus’s sister

•Goddess of hearth & home

•Her Job: keep fire (hearth) lit at all times

Demeter Zeus’s sister

Goddess of the harvest: grain and agriculture

Daughter named Persephone, who was tricked into marrying Hades

Hades•God of the underworld & the dead!

•God of wealth…he was very wealthy