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Greek Gods

Learn who were the Greek Gods and what each individual God reined over.

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HestiaWas the Goddess of hearth.
Hades [Pluto]God of the dead
PanGod of shepherds and flocks
Aphrodite [Venus]Goddess of love, beauty, and fertility. Also a protector of sailors.
Apollo [Apollo]God of prophesy, music, and healing
Ares [Mars]God of war, or more precisely of warlike frenzy
Artemis [Diana]Virgin Goddess of the hunt. She helped women in childbirth but also brought sudden death with her arrows
Athena [Minerva]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
Demeter [Ceres]Goddessof agriculture. Demeter is the sister of Zeus and the mother of Persephone
Dionysus [Bacchus]God of wine. Was the son of Zeus and the mortal heroine Semele
Hephaestus [Vulcan]Was the lame God of fire and crafts, or the two together, hence of blacksmiths
Hera [Juno]Goddess of marriage. Was the wife of Zeus and the queen of the Olympians
Hermes [Mercury]Messanger of the Gods and guide of dead souls to the underworld
Poseidon [Neptune]God of the sea, earthquakes and horses
Zeus [Jupiter]Was the Supreme God of the Olympians

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