The Gods of Greece, The Gods of Rome

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The Gods of Greece,
The Gods of Rome
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The Gods of Greece,The Gods of Rome
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The Greek List

• Zeus
• Hera
• Poseidon
• Hades
• Ares
• Athena

• Artemis
• Hestia
• Aphrodite
• Hephaestus
• Apollo
• Hermes

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The Roman List

• Jupiter
• Juno
• Neptune
• Pluto
• Mars
• Minerva

• Diana
• Vestia
• Venus
• Vulcan
• Apollo
• Mercury

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ZeusJupiterJove

• King of the gods.
• His many affairs led to war and hate between his
  lovers and Hera.
• Probably the most famous son he had is Hercules.
• His symbol is the thunderbolt.

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HeraJuno

• Queen of the gods, protector of married women.
• She had a very bad temper.She tried to make
  everyone who had a relation with Zeus, miserable.
• Her animal the cow.

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PoseidonNeptune

• God of the sea.
• God of horses and horsemanship.
• His symbol is the trident and the horse.

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HadesPlutoDis

• God of the underworld.
• God of wealth.
• Lived in the underworld, took Ceres daughter.
• His symbols is Cerberus and skeletons.

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AresMars

• God of war.
• His special symbols are the spear, the torch,
  the vulture, and the dog.

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AthenaMinerva

• Goddess of wisdom, goddess of weaving, goddess of
  war.
• Favorite daughter of Zeus.
• Sprung out from Zeuss head.
• She was the only one allowed to play with her
  dads thunderbolt.
• Her sacred animal is the owl.

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ArtemisDiana

• Goddess of the moon.
• Supreme huntress
• Protectress of maidens.
• Catullus sings to her in one of his poems.

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DemeterCeres

• Goddess of the home.
• Goddess of the earth.
• When her daughter was stolen, she made the earth
  barren.
• She retrieved her daughter, thanks to Zeus, but
  she is only with her during spring and summer,
  she is in Hades during fall and winter.
• Her symbols are the hearth and fire.

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AphroditeVenus

• Goddess of love.
• Goddess of beauty.
• She was the cause for the enmity and jealousy of
  Hera.
• Her sacred animals are the swan, sparrow, and
  dove.

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HephaestusVulcan

• God of fire.
• God of metal.
• God of workers.
• He was the workman of the gods.

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ApolloApollo

• God of the sun.
• God of medicine.
• God of music and poetry.

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HermesMercury

• Messenger of the gods.
• God of commerce.
• He is the one who gave the news to Ceres where
  her daughter, Persephone, was.

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Epilogue

• The Roman and Greek gods and goddesses provided
  them with an explanation on how things came to
  be.
• Over the years, the myths became more and more
  entertaining and outrageous.
• When Constantine converted to Christianity, the
  Roman church brought its holidays and gods into
  it, except they were Christianized before they
  did.
• The Romans also brought into the church their own
  unique way of architecture. Most churches in Rome
  resemble those of the pagan Romans.

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The Gods of Greece,The Gods of Rome

• The End