gods Flashcards
Hera (_____)
____ of gods
goddess of _______&_______
Juno
Queen
Marriage and childbirth
Zeus (___)(___)
god of the ______
Weapon _______
Jove. Jupiter
Sky
Thunderbolt
Poseidon (_____)
god of the ____
Weapon : ____
Neptune
Sea
Trident
Dionysus (_______)
god of ________________
Bacchus
Wine and revelry (youthfulness)
Apollo (____)
god of _____
Sometimes called “_____” “___”
Apollo
Music, art,healing,light
Phoebus Apollo
Radiant
Artemis (_____)
Virgin goddess of ____
Apollo’s twin sister
seen as in forest w/ deer
Diana
Hunt
Hermes (_____)
- _____ of the gods (____ too)
- magic wand
- winged sandles & hat
- guides souls to underworld
Mercury
Messenger
Medicine
* Hermes messenger bag had a magic wand and medicine
Athena (_____)
-goddess of _____
“Pallas Athena” “Pallas - White”
Symbol: ______
Minerva
Wisdom
Olive tree
Ares (_____)
god of _____
-muderous, bloodthirsty, coward
-looses to Diomedes (a mortal)
Mars
War
Aphrodite (_______)
Goddess of _____
Venus
Love
Hephaestus (______)
god of _____& ____.
-son of Zeus & Hera
-husband of Aphrodite, she is unfaithful
-crippled & ugly
- born ugly & Hera threw him from Olympus.
-sided with Hera over Zeus, Zeus threw him from Olympus
Vulcan
Fire
Forge
Demeter (______)
-goddess of ________&______
Ceres
Fertility
Agricultural
Hades (______)
- god of _____
Pluto
Underworld
