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Who’s Who on Mount
Olympus
ARES
• ARES (AIR-eez; Roman name Mars)
• the god of war, or more precisely of warlike
frenzy
• Though an immortal deity, he was bested by
Heracles in battle and was almost killed when
stuffed into a jar by two giants. When another
hero wounded him during the Trojan War, he
received scant sympathy from his father Zeus.
• He is often depicted carrying a bloodstained
spear.
APHRODITE
• Roman name Venus
• the goddess of love, beauty and fertility.
She was also a protectress of sailors.
• Dove, swan
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Aphrodite cont.
• Homer said that she was the daughter of Zeus
• When the Trojan prince Paris was asked to judge which of three
Olympian goddesses was the most beautiful, he chose Aphrodite
over Hera and Athena.
• Aphrodite offered the love of the most beautiful woman in the
world.
• This was Helen of Sparta, who became infamous as Helen of
Troy when Paris subsequently eloped with her. In the ensuing
Trojan War, Hera and Athena were implacable enemies of Troy
while Aphrodite was loyal to Paris and the Trojans.
Apollo
• APOLLO (uh-POL-oh; Roman name Apollo) was
the god of prophesy, music and healing.
• As god of music, Apollo is often depicted playing
the lyre. He did not invent this instrument,
however, but was given it by Hermes in
compensation for cattle theft. Some say that
Apollo did invent the lute, although he was best
known for his skill on the lyre.
• Sun
Artemis
• ARTEMIS (AR-ti-mis; Roman name Diana) was
the virgin goddess of the hunt.
She helped women in childbirth but also brought
sudden death with her arrows.
Artemis is generally depicted as a young woman
clad in buckskins, carrying a bow and a quiver of
arrows. She is often accompanied by wild
creatures such as a stag or she-bear.
Athena
• ATHENA (a-THEE-nuh; Roman name Minerva)
• the goddess of crafts and the domestic arts and
also those of war.
• She was the patron goddess of Athens. Her
symbol was the owl.
• She was originally the Great Goddess in the form
of a bird. By the late Classic, she had come to be
regarded as a goddess of wisdom
Demeter
• DEMETER (dee-MEE-tur; Roman name
Ceres)
• the goddess of agriculture
• Demeter as the sister of Zeus and the mother
of Persephone.
• When depicted in art, Demeter is often
shown carrying a sheaf of grain.
Dionysus
• DIONYSUS (dye-oh-NYE-sus; Roman
name Bacchus)
• the god of wine
Hephaestus
• HEPHAESTUS (he-FEE-stus or he-FESS-tus;
Roman name Vulcan)
• the god of fire and crafts or the two together,
hence of blacksmiths.
• Hephaestus accomplished numerous prodigies of
craftsmanship, such as the marvelous palaces that
he built for the gods atop Mount Olympus
• HAMMER
Hera
• HERA (HEE-ruh; Roman name Juno) was
the goddess of marriage.
• Hera was the wife of Zeus and Queen of
the Olympians.
• Peacock
Hermes
• HERMES (HUR-meez; Roman name Mercury)
was the messenger of the gods and guide of dead
souls to the Underworld.
• A prankster and inventive genius from birth,
Hermes aided the heroes Odysseus and Perseus in
their quests.
• Hermes was the son Zeus and a mountain nymph.
• Winged shoes
Poseidon
• POSEIDON (puh-SYE-dun or poh-SYE-dun;
Roman name Neptune) was the god of the
sea, earthquakes and horses.
• Although he was officially one of the
supreme gods of Mount Olympus, he spent
most of his time in his watery domain.
• Trident
Zeus
• ZEUS (zoose or zyoose; Roman name Jupiter)
was the supreme god of the Olympians.
• Zeus was the youngest son of the Titans
Cronus and Rhea. When he was born, his
father Cronus intended to swallow him as he
had all of Zeus's siblings: Poseidon, Hades,
Hestia, Demeter and Hera. But Rhea hid the
newborn in a cave in Crete.
• Lightning bolt
Others
• Hestia (VESTA), goddess of the hearth, grew
tired of the godly bickering and gladly gave
her place to the god of wine, Dionysus.
• Hades, god of the dead and brother of Zeus
and Poseidon, isn't included in our assembly
because he dwelt in the Underworld and not
on Olympus. His Roman name was Pluto.
CERBERUS
Others cont.
• Pan was a god of shepherds and flocks.
Pan was the son of Hermes and a nymph.
He was born with the legs and horns of a
goat, which caused his own mother to
spurn him.
FATES
• "These are Clotho, Lachesis,
and Atropos,
and they give mortals their
share of good and evil."
(Hesiod, Theogony, 905-6)
Fates
• Clotho was the spinner, Lachesis was the
drawer of lots, and Atropos represented the
inevitable end to life. This notion that human
fate was spun around a person at birth by
divine Spinners - in other words, the Fates was popular in Greek mythology, poetry,
and literature. Indeed, there is a compelling
scene in the Odyssey of Homer that alludes
to this concept of spinning fate.
Fates
• The three goddesses who supervised the
spinning of human fate evolved into a more
concrete concept. The Fates came to be
identified as three older females who
handled the threads of human life. One of
these threads was placed to every person,
and each goddess took her turn in
manipulating this thread. Clotho selected the
thread, Lachesis measured it, and Atropos
cut this thread to signify the end of a person's
existence.
Hebe
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Juventas
Goddess of youth
Daughter of Zeus and Hera
Married to Heracles (Hercules)
Symbol: cup (because she is the cupbearer
to the gods)