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| Formation of the Olympian Circle | conflicts in heaven, succession motif, divine child motif, theme of punishment, order comes from disorder |
| Zeus | Head of Olympian family, father of gods and mortals, cloud-gatherer, supreme sky god |
| Hera | Wife of Zeus, "First Lady" of Olympus, Queen of the gods, goddess of marriage |
| Poseidon | Great god of the sea, son of Cronos and Rhea, Earth-shaker |
| Ares | God of war, son of Zeus and Hera, spirit of bloodlust |
| Apollo | God of light, sun god; phoebos = bright one; god of prophecy, music, medicine; archer god, far-striker |
| Hermes | Messenger god; trickster/clever hero archetype; god of comunication and travel; friendliest of gods to humans; psychopompos = guide of souls |
| Dionysus | God of wine and intoxication; twice-born god; god of resurrection, drama, nature and vegetation |
| Aphrodite | Goddess of love and sexuality, beauty; Cypris or the Cyprian; Cytheria or the Cythereian; The Golden One |
| Artemis | Goddess of hunt, virginity, nature, moon; Triple-faced goddess |
| Demeter | Goddess of agriculture, crops and harvest; Great mother figure; joined in worship w/daughter, Persephone |
| Athena | Goddess of wisdom; virgin warrior; Pallas Athena; Patron of Athens; goddess of warcraft, strategy, victory, human culture |
| Amazons | Warrior women; daughters of Ares; horsewomen of the Caucasus |
| Hestia | Goddess of hearth; virgin goddess; eldest Olympian |
| Hephaestus | God of the forge; divine blacksmith; god of creative fire |
