GREEK MYTH

• Twelve Main Olympians


  • Zeus (Jupiter)
  • Hera (Juno)
  • Aphrodite (Venus)
  • Apollo (Apollo)
  • Ares (Mars)
  • Artemis (Diana)
  • Athena (Minerva)
  • Demeter (Ceres)
  • Dionysus (Bacchus)
  • Hephaestus (Vulcan)
  • Hermes (Mercury)
  • Poseidon (Neptune)
  • Hestia
  • Hades
• Zeus


  King of all the gods, god of weather, law, justice, and fate
• Hera


  Queen of all the gods, goddess of woman and marriage
• Aphrodite


  Goddess of beauty and love
• Apollo


  God of the sun, light, prophesy, music, poetry, medicine and knowledge
• Ares


  God of war
• Artemis


  Goddess of moon, hunting, animals and childbirth
• Athena


  Goddess of wisdom, arts, crafts, war, justice, and defense
• Demeter


  Goddess of harvest, agriculture and grain
• Dionysus


  God of wine, pleasure and festivity
• Hephaestus


  God of fire, metalworking (smith) and sculpture
• Hermes


  Messenger of the gods, god of travel, hospitality, and trade
• Poseidon


  God of the sea, storms, floods and earthquakes
• Hestia


  The most gentle of all the goddesses, protected the home and the hearth
• Hades


  God of the dead, overseeing the underworld and the souls that came there