greek gods

Zeus/Jupiter/Jove

God of the gods, symbols: thunderbolt, eagle, oaktree

Posiedon/Neptune

God of the sea, earthshaker because of earthquakes, trident

Hades/Pluto

God of the underworld, Kidnapped Persephone, cap of invisibility

Hestia/Vesta

Goddess of hearth and home, symbol fireplace

Hera/Juno

Zeus' wife and sister, marriage, queen of gods, punished zeus and women he cheated on, peacock and cow

Ares/Mars

God of war, zeus and hera's son, bloodthirsty and ruthless

Athena/Minerva

Goddess of wisdom and war, sprang from zeus' head, symbols owl and olive tree

Apollo

god of light, music, truth, prophecy, associated with the sun, brother of artemis, cant tell a lie, symbols: lyre, laurel tree

Aphrodite/Venus

Goddess of love and beauty; sprang from the ocean foam

Hermes/Mercury

Messenger of the gods, commerce/trade, more myths than anyone, symbols:winged hat and sandals, caduceus

Artemis/Diana

Goddess of the hunt and moon, sister to apollo, symbols moon, silver bow and arrows

Hephaestus/Vulcan

God of fire, only ugly god

Demeter/Ceres

goddess of the harvest; mother of Persephone, lived on earth