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The Olympians
These gods are the most important and powerful gods. The home of these gods was Mount Olympus, except for Hades who is
only allowed on Olympus once a year. He lives in the Underworld the rest of the time.
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Aφροδίτη
(Aphroditē)
Aπόλλων
(Apollōn)
Aphrodite
Venus
Apollo
Apollo
Άρης (Arēs) Ares
Άρτεμις
(Artemis)
Αθηνά
(Athēna)
Δήμητρα
(Dēmētra)
Διόνυσος
(Dionysus)
ᾍδης
(Hades)
Ήφαιστος
(Hēphaistos)
Ήρα (Hēra)
Ερμής
(Hērmēs)
Mars
Description
Goddess of love, beauty, and desire. She was married to Hephaestus. Ares is her lover
and she loves him as well. Eros is her son.
God of the Sun, music, archery, poetry, healing, and prophecy. He is Artemis' twin brother,
and Son to Zeus.
God of war, murder and bloodshed. Brother to Hephaestus, and is the lover of Aphrodite
and son of Zeus.
Goddess of the hunt, wilderness, wild animals, especially deer and fawns, night, and the
Artemis
Diana
moon. Apollo is her twin brother. Artemis is the virgin goddess and is also protector of
maidens.
Goddess of wisdom, weaving, the arts, warfare and reason. She is the favorite daughter of
Athena
Minerva
Demeter
Ceres
Dionysus
Bacchus God of wine, parties/festivals, madness and merriment. He is a son of Zeus.
Hades
Pluto
Zeus.
Goddess of fertility, grain and harvest. Demeter is a sister of Zeus. Her daughter is
Persephone, Hades' wife.
God of the Underworld. Brother of Poseidon and Zeus.
God of fire and the forge. Ugly son of Hera and Zeus is his father in some accounts.
Hephaestus Vulcan
Married to Aphrodite, but she does not love him because he is deformed and as a result is
cheating on him with Ares.
Hera
Juno
Hermes
Mercury
Goddess of marriage, women and childbirth. Zeus' wife and sister.
God of flight, thieves, commerce and travelers. Messenger of the gods. Zeus's son by
Titanness.
God of the sea, . His sons are the Heavenly Triplets, Polyphemus and Triton and the
Poseidon
Poseidon
Neptune Cyclops. His weapon is a trident by which he can stir up the seas, wreck ships and drown
sailors.
The father of all fathers, the wisdom and light. The king of the gods after killing his father,
Kronos, who ate Zeus's siblings but their mother managed to save baby Zeus. When Zeus
grew up, he fed Kronos a mixture of wine and mustard to make him vomit his immortal
Ζεύς (Zeus) Zeus
Jupiter
siblings who had grown up in Kronos's stomach. Zeus is the ruler of Mount Olympus and
the god of the sky, thunder and lightning. Though he is married more than once, his real
queen is Hera. Zeus is the father of Hermes, Hephaestus, Hercules, Dionysus, Athena,
Ares, Apollo, Artemis and Persephone.
There are twelve Olympians, Hades is listed on this list and is sometimes called an Olympian, but he is not technically one of the
twelve Olympians.