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The Gods Flashcards

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What is Zeus’ Roman name?

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Jupiter

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What is Jupiter’s Greek name?

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Zeus

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What is Zeus/Jupiter’s role?

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God of sky and weather. King of the gods

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What are Zeus/Jupiter’s symbols?

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  • Lightning bolt
  • Eagle
  • On a throne
  • Holding a sceptre
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What is Hera’s Roman name?

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Juno

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What is Juno’s Greek name?

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Hera

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What is Hera/Juno’s role?

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Marriage and childbirth. The wife of Zeus

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What are Hera/Juno’s symbols?

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  • Peacock
  • Lilies
  • Diadem
  • On a throne
  • Holding sceptre
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What is Poseidon’s Roman name?

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Neptune

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What is Neptune’s Greek name?

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Poseidon

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What is Poseidon/Neptune’s role?

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God of the seas and horses

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What are Poseidon/Neptune’s symbols?

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  • Trident
  • Horses
  • Dolphins
  • He is depicted as a bearded man
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What is Hades’ Roman name?

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Pluto/Dis

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What is Pluto’s Greek name?

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Hades

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What is Hades/Dis/Pluto’s role?

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God of the underworld, riches and wealth

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What are Hades/Dis/Pluto’s symbols?

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  • Bident
  • Helm of darkness
  • Cornucopia
  • often depicted with wife Persephone
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What is Athena’s Roman name?

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Minerva

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What is Minerva’s Greek name?

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Athena

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What is Athena/Minerva’s role?

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Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy and craft

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What are Athena/Minerva’s symbols?

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  • Owl
  • Snake
  • Olive tree
  • Wearing full armour
  • Shield
  • Loom
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What is Hephaestus’ Roman name?

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Vulcan

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What is Vulcan’s Greek name?

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Hephaestus

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What is Hephaestus/Vulcan’s role?

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God of fire and volcanoes. He is a blacksmith and creates weaponry

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What are Hephaestus/Vulcan’s symbols?

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  • Hammer
  • Anvil
  • Fire
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What is Demeter’s Roman name?

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Ceres

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What is Ceres’s Greek name?

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Demeter

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What is Demeter/Ceres’s role?

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Goddess of agriculture, the harvest, crops and fertility

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What are Demeter/Ceres’s symbols?

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  • Sword of Kronos’s scythe
  • Cornucopia
  • Flowers
  • Bundle of wheat
  • Grain
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What is Hestia’s Roman name?

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Vesta

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What is Vesta’s Greek name?

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Hestia

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What is Hestia/Vesta’s role?

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Goddess of the hearth and home

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What are Hestia/Vesta’s symbols?

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She is depicted as a veiled woman

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What is Aphrodite’s Roman name?

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Venus

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What is Venus’s Greek name?

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Aphrodite

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What is Aphrodite/Venus’s role?

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Goddess of love and beauty

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What are Aphrodite/Venus’s symbols?

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  • Swans
  • Doves
  • Cats
  • Shells
  • Lettuce
  • Naked
  • Depicted with a child
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What is Artemis’s Roman name?

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Diana

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What is Diana’s Greek name?

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Artemis

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What is Artemis/Diana’s role?

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Goddess of the moon. Virgin huntress

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What are Artemis/Diana’s symbols?

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  • Bow
  • Arrow
  • Deer
  • Moon
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What is Apollo’s Roman name?

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Apollo

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What is Apollo’s Greek name?

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Apollo

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What is Apollo’s role?

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God of music, poetry, sun, archery and oracles

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What are Apollo’s symbols?

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  • Bow and arrow
  • Sun
  • Sacred cattle
  • Depicted as youthful
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What is Hermes’ Roman name?

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Mercury

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What is Mercury’s Roman name?

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Hermes

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What is Hermes/Mercury’s role?

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Messenger god

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What are Hermes/Mercury’s symbols?

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  • Winged sandals and helmet
  • Golden wand
  • Travellers coat and caduceus
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What is a caduceus?

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A traveller’s staff

most closely associated with the god Hermes (Mercury)

50
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What is Ares’s Roman name?

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Mars

51
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What is Mars’s Greek name?

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Ares

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What is Ares/Mars’s role?

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God of war

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What are Ares/Mars’s symbols?

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  • Armour
  • Spear
  • Shield
54
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What is Dionysus’s Roman name?

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Bacchus

55
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What is Bacchus’s Greek name?

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Dionysus

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What is Dionysus/Bacchus’ role?

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God of wine, having a good time, theatre, revelry

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What are Dionysus/Bacchus’ symbols?

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  • Dolphins
  • Wine
  • Ivy
  • Thyrsus
  • Maenads
  • Satyrs

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