Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus Ms Mc

Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus Ms. Mc. Gowan (Staines) Spring Semester 9 th grade English Edited slightly by Ms. Barbour

Mount Olympus

Zeus 4 Ruler of Mount Olympus 4 god of Thunder & Lightning 4 also known as Jupiter

Poseidon 4 God of the Sea 4 Zeus’ brother 4 also known as Neptune and “earth shaker”

Hades 4 God of the Underworld 4 ruler of the Dead 4 brother of Zeus 4 married to Persephone 4 also known as Pluto

Hestia 4 Goddess of the Hearth (home; domesticity) 4 Zeus’ sister 4 rarely depicted in art 4 has virtually no mythology or iconography 4 also known as Vesta

Hera 4 Goddess of marriage 4 wife of Zeus 4 also Zeus’ sister 4 also known as Juno

Ares 4 God of war 4 son of Zeus and Hera 4 hated by the other gods 4 also known as Mars

Dionysus 4 God of wine; intoxication; and creative ecstasy 4 also known as Liber

Demeter 4 Giver of grain 4 mother of Persephone 4 also known as Ceres

Athena 4 Goddess of the city 4 goddess of wisdom 4 daughter of Zeus 4 patron of military victory and women’s crafts 4 also known as Minerva

Apollo 4 God of Light, Truth, and the Sun 4 son of Zeus and Leto 4 beautiful 4 plays his lyre in Olympus 4 associated with music, prophecy, sickness, and medicine

Aphrodite 4 Goddess of Love and Beauty 4 born from foam of the sea 4 governs desire and sexuality 4 often pictured with a mirror 4 also known as Venus

Hermes 4 Zeus’ messenger 4 god of Commerce (trade) 4 a master thief 4 son of Zeus and Maia 4 also known as Mercury

Artemis 4 Apollo’s twin 4 goddess of the Hunt (animals) and the Moon 4 goddess of childbirth 4 also known as Diana

Hephaestus 4 God of Fire and the Forge 4 maker of weapons 4 son of Hera 4 sickly 4 was conceived in retaliation for Zeus’ having Athena 4 builder and craftsman for the gods 4 also known as Vulcan

Persephone 4 Queen of the Underworld 4 daughter of Demeter 4 also known as Kore

Pan 4 A god of shepherds and flocks 4 son of Hermes and a nymph 4 born with legs and horns of a goat--was an outcast 4 caused Echo to lose her voice 4 Pan was considered to be the cause of the sudden fear that sometimes comes for no reason, especially in lonely places (“panic”)

Ares’ throne was covered with human skin. Venus and Mars were an item.

Erebus