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Zeus/Jupiter/Jove
God of the gods, symbols: thunderbolt, eagle, oaktree
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Posiedon/Neptune
God of the sea, earthshaker because of earthquakes, trident
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Hades/Pluto
God of the underworld, Kidnapped Persephone, cap of invisibility
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Hestia/Vesta
Goddess of hearth and home, symbol fireplace
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Hera/Juno
Zeus' wife and sister, marriage, queen of gods, punished zeus and women he cheated on, peacock and cow
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Ares/Mars
God of war, zeus and hera's son, bloodthirsty and ruthless
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Athena/Minerva
Goddess of wisdom and war, sprang from zeus' head, symbols owl and olive tree
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Apollo
god of light, music, truth, prophecy, associated with the sun, brother of artemis, cant tell a lie, symbols: lyre, laurel tree
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Aphrodite/Venus
Goddess of love and beauty; sprang from the ocean foam
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Hermes/Mercury
Messenger of the gods, commerce/trade, more myths than anyone, symbols:winged hat and sandals, caduceus
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Artemis/Diana
Goddess of the hunt and moon, sister to apollo, symbols moon, silver bow and arrows
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Hephaestus/Vulcan
God of fire, only ugly god
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Demeter/Ceres
goddess of the harvest; mother of Persephone, lived on earth