Roman Deities

Question 1

Goddess of the harvest and mother of Proserpina, equated with the Greek Demeter

Answer 1

Ceres

Question 2

King of the gods, god of lightning and the sky, equated with the Greek Zeus

Answer 2

Jupiter

Question 3

Goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industries and trade, equated with the Greek Athena

Answer 3

Minerva

Question 4

God of poetry, music, and oracles, and one of the Dii Consentes

Answer 4

Apollo

Question 5

Goddess of crossroads and magic, equated with the Greek Hecate

Answer 5

Trivia

Question 6

Goddess of flowers and spring, equated with the Greek Chloris

Answer 6

Flora

Question 7

Goddess of love and beauty, mother of Aeneas, equated with the Greek Aphrodite

Answer 7

Venus

Question 8

Goddess of the hunt, the moon, virginity, and childbirth, twin sister of Apollo, equated with the Greek Artemis

Answer 8

Diana

Question 9

Goddess of war, daughter of Jupiter and Juno, consort of Ares, main attribute was her military helmet, equated with the Greek Enyo

Answer 9

Bellona

Question 10

God of strength who worship was derived from a Greek demigod

Answer 10

Hercules

Question 11

God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses, equated with the Greek Poseidon

Answer 11

Neptune

Question 12

Messenger of the gods and bearer of souls to the underworth, equated with the Greek Hermes

Answer 12

Mercury

Question 13

God of the forge, equated with the Greek Hephaestus

Answer 13

Vulcan

Question 14

Goddess of hope, equated with the Greek Elpis but more significant

Answer 14

Spes

Question 15

Ruler of the dead, equated with the Greek Hades

Answer 15

Pluto

Question 16

Goddess of agreement, understanding, and marital harmony, equated with the Greek Harmonia

Answer 16

Concordia

Question 17

God of trust, honesty, and oaths

Answer 17

Sancus

Question 18

Goddess of fruit trees, gardens, and orchards

Answer 18

Pomona

Question 19

Household gods

Answer 19

Lares

Question 20

Goddess of truth, equated with the Greek Aletheia

Answer 20

Veritas

Question 21

God of the harvest and agriculture, father of Zeus, equated with the Greek Cronus

Answer 21

Saturn

Question 22

The malevolent dead

Answer 22

Lemures

Question 23

Goddess of seawater, consort of Neptune, equated with the Greek Amphitrite

Answer 23

Salacia

Question 24

God of the morning star, the Latin name for the planet Venus

Answer 24

Lucifer

Question 25

God of wine, sensual pleasures, and truth, originally a cult title for the Greek Dionysus and identified with the Roman Liber

Answer 25

Bacchus

Question 26

Queen of the gods and goddess of matrimony, equated with the Greek Hera

Answer 26

Juno

Question 27

God of sleep, equated with the Greek Hypnos

Answer 27

Somnus

Question 28

Goddess of the moon, equated with the Greek Selene

Answer 28

Luna

Question 29

Double-faced or two-headed god of beginnings and endings and doorways

Answer 29

Janus

Question 30

Personification of strife, equated with the Greek Eris

Answer 30

Discordia

Question 31

God of love, the son of Venus, equated with the Greek Eros

Answer 31

Cupid

Question 32

Goddess of peace, equated with the Greek Eirene

Answer 32

Pax

Question 33

Goddess of earth and fertility, consort of Saturn, equated with Rhea

Answer 33

Ops

Question 34

Goddess of youth, equated with the Greek Hebe

Answer 34

Juventas

Question 35

Goddess of the hearth, the Roman state, and the sacred fire, equated with the Greek Hestia

Answer 35

Vesta

Question 36

Persian god worshiped in the Roman Empire, popular with soldiers

Answer 36

Mithras

Question 37

Goddess of safety and the welfare, health and prosperity of both the individual and the state

Answer 37

Salus

Question 38

Horned god of the forests, plains and fields, equated with the Greek Pan

Answer 38

Faunus

Question 39

Goddess of victory, equated with the Greek Nike

Answer 39

Victoria

Question 40

Personification of luck, equated with the Greek Tyche

Answer 40

Fortuna

Question 41

Goddess of the dawn, equated with the Greek Eos

Answer 41

Aurora

Question 42

God who protected boundary markers, his name was the Latin word for such a marker

Answer 42

Terminus

Question 43

Personification of death, equated with the Greek Thanatos

Answer 43

Mors

Question 44

Queen of the dead and a grain goddess, equated with the Greek Persephone

Answer 44

Proserpina

Question 45

God of war and father of Romulus, equated with the Greek Ares

Answer 45

Mars