THE DEITIES OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
THE DEITIES OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
• Mount Olympus in Greece – home of the gods.
• First gods – Uranus (Father Heaven)
Ge (Mother Earth)
• Their children – Monsters / Giants – Cyclopes etc.
Titans – Cronos, Rhea etc.
• Olympians – Children of Titans.
THE MOST IMPORTANT OLYMPIAN GODS WITH THEIR ROMAN EQUIVALENTS
• Those marked with a bullet point are the “Twelve Olympians”.
GREEK ROMAN ROLE SYMBOL
• Zeus Jupiter King of gods, storms Crown, thunderbolt
• Hera Juno Queen of gods, marriage Crown, apple tree,
cuckoo on a sceptre
pomegranate (left hand)
• Poseidon Neptune God of sea and Trident, fish, golden chariot
earthquakes and white horses
Hades Pluto God of the Underworld Crown, skulls, tombstones
• Hestia Vesta Goddess of the hearth Hearth
• Demeter Ceres Goddess of crops Corn, poppies
• Helios Apollo God of sun, hunting, Sun, bow and arrow, deer,
music, medicine, mouse, lyre
prophecy
GREEK ROMAN ROLE SYMBOL
• Artemis Diana Goddess of the moon, Knee-length tunic of
hunting saffron with red hem,
moon, bow and arrow,
deer, quail
Aphrodite Venus Goddess of love Heart, scallop shell, girdle
Eros Cupid God of love Cherub often with Venus
shown holding bow and
arrow
• Athene Minerva Goddess of war, Helmet, spear, aegis (shield)
(Athena) wisdom, crafts with Medusa
• Hermes Mercury Messenger of the gods Winged sandals, round hat,
staff with ribbons
• Dionysos Bacchus God of theatre, festivals, Horns and crowns of
(Dionysus) wine serpents, vines, wine cup
• Hephaestus Vulcan God of fire, blacksmith Forge, hammer, anvil
(Hephaestos)
• Ares Mars God of war Helmet, shield, weapons
Persephone Proserpina Wife of Pluto, daughter
of Ceres
Heracles Hercules Hero who completed his
“Twelve Labours” mainly
through his incredible
strength
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