Greek Gods & Goddesses Flashcards
Zeus/Jupiter
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Justice and Virtue/The Sky
Bolt of lightning, mature/bearded, aegis
Oak tree, eagle, bull
Hera
Hera/Juno
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- Morality, Childbirth, Monogamous Marriage
- Matronly and regal, wears a crown and hold a sceptre
- The cow and peacock
- Eileithyia, Hebe, Ares, Hephaestus
- Zeus
Hestia/Vesta
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- the Hearth
- Not in anthropomorphic form; her form is the hearth
- N/A
-N/A - N/A she was a virginal goddess
Demeter / Ceres
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- The earth, agriculture/seasons
- Matronly, ears of wheat, cornucopia, torches, in a field
- the harvest, wheat barley
- Persephone
- Had Persephone with Zeus but did not marry
Hades/Pluto
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- The dead and death, associated with wealth
- commonly seem with Cerberus, square crown, bident (double fork)
- none ?
- Persephone
Poseidon / Neptune
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- The ocean, springs, earthquakes, horses
- trident, ocean, rides a chariot, older god, angry
- trident
- triton
- he is a saviour and supports the earth but he can cause the sea to surge
Athena / Minerva
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- arts & crafts (weaving and boat building), goddess of the city
- helmet, spear/shield, aegis, owl, SOMETIMES with a wreath or crown
- Owl, olive tree, snake
- no kids
- virginal goddess, born from Zeus’ head
Hephaestus/ Vulcan
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- the forge, craftsmen and fire
- hammer, blacksmith tongs, forge, volcanoes
- volcanoes, the forge
- N/A
- N/A but was associated with Athena of civilization and progress
Aphrodite / Venus
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- love beauty and marriage/ underworld war god, citizen body,
venus was a god of chastity, seafare - born from seafoam, flavian woman
- Eros (Cupid)
- Ares
Ares / Mars
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- military god, personifies brutal warfare
- personifies brutal and wasteful aspects of warfare. depicted in a helmet, sword and shield.
- N/A
- Aphrodite
Dionysus / Bacchus
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- male fertility deity, god of wine and drinking, theatre, resurrection
- the vine (grapes/ivy), animals associated with strength, ferocity, sexual vitality (lion, leopard, bull, goat)
- N/A
- N/A
Artemis / Diana
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- the hunt/hunting, associated with child birth
- the moon, bow & arrow, hunting dress and an animal (dog, deer, etc.)
- arrow; used for hunting and death at childbirth
- N/A
- N/A virginal goddess
Apollo / Apollo
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- music and poetry, the sun (later on), plague and healing, god of rational thought
- youthful god, depicted with a bow but doesn’t hunt, the lyre
- music, poetry
- N/A
- N/A
Hermes / Mercury
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- messenger god, god of boundaries and the crossing of boundaries, quickness and speed
- petasus, travellers cap, sandals, kerykeion/caduceus (all 3 could have wings), always on the move
- turtle is sacred
- protected shepherds, travellers, merchants, heralds thieves, trickster god
