GRAECO-ROMAN GODS AND GODDESSES

• Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Roman - Venus
• Apollo is the Greek god of music, poetry, and the sun. Roman - Apollo
• Ares is the Greek god of war. Roman - Mars
• Artemis is the Greek goddess of the moon. Roman - Diana
• Asclepius is the Greek god of medicine. Roman - Aesculapius
• Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom. Roman - Minerva
• Cronus is the Greek god of the sky and agriculture. Roman - Saturn
• Demeter is the Greek goddess of fertility and crops. Roman - Ceres
• Dionysus is the Greek god of wine, ecstasy. Roman - Bacchus
• Eros is the Greek god of love. Roman - Cupid
• Gaea is the Greek goddess of Earth. Roman - Terra
• Hades is the Greek god of the underworld. Roman - Dis
• Hephaestus is the Greek god of fire and craftsman for the gods. Roman - Vulcan
• Hera is the Greek queen of the gods and goddess of marriage. Roman - Juno
• Hermes is the Greek messenger of the gods, travel. Roman - Mercury
• Persephone is the Greek queen of the underworld. Roman - Proserpina
• Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea. Roman - Neptune
• Zeus is the Greek ruler of the gods. Roman - Jupiter
• Greek Mythology - Reflected the humans as the center of the universe.
• Roman Mythology -  Incorporated those of conquered people but was in many respects an adaptation of the Greeks.