The Gods Flashcards
Hermes | Mercury
messenger god (the caduceus)
Aphrodite | Venus
love and beauty (dove)
Ares | Mars
war (the dog, the vulture)
Hestia | Vesta
hearth and home (none)
Hephaestus | Vulcan
fire and forge (quail)
Demeter | Ceres
useful grains and agriculture (red poppy)
Dionysus | Bacchae
wine and theater (tiger and goat)
Zeus | Jupiter or Jove
lord of the sky (eagle and oak tree)
Poseidon | Neptune
seas and rivers (horse)
Hades | Pluto or Dis
the underworld (none)
Hera | Juno
married women, marriage, childbirth (peacock and cow)
Athena | Minerva
wisdom and battle tactics (olive tree and owl)
Phoebus Apollo | Apollo
prophecy and enlightenment (white mouse)
Artemis | Diana
hunt, wild things, chastity (cypress tree, deer)