Saturday, February 2, 2013

Greek and Latin gods

AphroditeVenusGoddess of beauty and beauty (in Roman mythology also goddess of the fields and gardens)
ApolloPhoebusGod of prophecy, medicine and archery (later Greco-Roman mythology: god of the Sun)
AresMarsGod of war
ArtemisDianaGoddess of hunting (later Graeco-Roman mythology: goddess of the Moon)
AsclepiusAesculapiusGod of medicine
AthenaMinervaGoddess of arts and crafts, and war; helper of heroes (later Graeco-Roman mythology: Goddess of Reason)
KronosSaturn
God of heaven, ruler of the Titans (Roman mythology: god of agriculture)
DemeterCeresGoddess of grain, harvest and soil fertility
DionysusBacchusGod of wine and vegetation
ErosCupidGod of love
GaiaTerraMother Earth, mother of all Titans and the mother of all evil
HephaestusVulcanGod of fire, blacksmith of the gods
HeraJunoGoddess of marriage and fertility, protector of married women; wife of Jupiter, queen of the gods, mother of Mars, the moon goddess.
HermesMercuryMessenger of the gods, protector of travelers, thieves and merchants
HestiaVestaGuardian of hearth and home
HypnosSomnusGod of sleep
HadesPlutoGod of the underworld, lord of the dead
PoseidonNeptuneGod of the sea and earthquakes
ReaOpsWife of Chronos / Saturn, mother goddess
UranusCaelusGod of heaven, father of the Titans
ZeusJupiterRuler of the Olympian gods. It was the most important Roman deity. He is the god of heaven and light. He rules the atmospheric phenomena like lightning and rain. Protector of agriculture and farmers. He presided over the feast of the harvest. His attributes are the eagle, the scepter in one hand and a beam in the other hand. His temple on the Capitol or Capitoline Hill in Rome was the religious center of the entire Roman Empire.

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