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Cap I: Roman/Greek gods and goddesses, et al.

Do you know the functions of the Roman gods and goddesses? Test your knowledge!
The Greek names of the god/goddess are in parentheses.

AB
Apollo (Phoebus Apollo)god of sun, song, prophecy
Bacchus (Dionysus)god of wine
Ceres (Demeter)goddess of agriculture
Cupid (Eros)god of love
Diana (Artemis)goddess of the hunt, moon
Faunus (Pan)god of flocks and shepherds
Janus (no Greek counterpart)god of beginnings and doorways
Juno (Hera)queen of the gods, goddess of married women
Jupiter (Zeus)king of the gods
Lares and Penates (no Greek counterpart)household gods
Mars (Ares)god of war (popular!)
Mercury (Hermes)messenger of the gods
Minerva (Athena)goddess of wisdom)
Neptune (Poseidon)god of the sea
Pluto (Hades)god of the underworld
Saturnus (Cronus)A Titan, Uranus' son, Jupiter's father, ate his kids (Jupiter etc.), rock made him vomit them up.
Venus (Aphrodite)goddess of love and beauty
Vesta (Hestia)goddess of the hearth
Vulcan (Hephaestus)god of fire, blacksmith of the gods
Proserpina (Persephone)queen of the underworld, Ceres' daughter, kidnapped by Pluto
Aurora (Eos)goddess of the dawn
Juventus (Hebe)goddess of youth; cupbearer to the gods
Muses9 goddesses of the arts and sciences
Fates, Parcae (Moirae)3 who spun the thread of life, determined the length of life, and cut the thread of life
Furies3, pursued evil doers who got away with crimes
Olympushome of the gods (mountain)
Styxriver in the underworld
Tartarus (Hades)the underworld - one level for dead people, one level for the banished Titans
Elysiumplace for the blessed in the underworld
Erisgoddess of discord who threw a golden apple labeled "to the fairest" into a wedding banquet to which she was not invited
Hecategoddess of witchcraft
Hymengod of marriage
nectardrink of the gods
ambrosiafood of the gods
Atlasa Titan who carried the world on his shoulders
Uranusheaven, father of Saturnus (Cronus) and Rhea (Ops), overthrown by his son Cronus/Saturnus
Gaeaearth, original mother of gods, wife of Uranus, children were the Titans
Ops (Rhea)Saturnus' wife, mother of Jupiter and some of the other Olympians

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