The Gods and Godesses

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The Gods and Godesses

• Of
• Greece

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Zeus(Jupiter)

• Supreme God
• Titan Parents, Cronus and Rhea
• Hera was his wife
• Sky God, weather, thunder, lightning
• Symbol Lightning bolt

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Hera(Juno)

• Goddess of Life
• Welfare of women and children
• Married to Zeus
• Peacock and Cow her sacred animals
• Protector of marriage

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Centaur

• Upper body man, lower body horse
• Known for uncivilized behavior
• Chiron the most famous centaur
• He taught Jason and Achilles

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Dionysus (Bacchus)

• Mostly known as God of Wine
• Father Zeus, Mother a mortal-Semele
• Married to Ariadne daughter of King Minos
• Associated with feasting and revelry

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Eros(Cupid)

• God of love and fertility
• Seen along with Aphrodite
• Married to Psyche
• Usually depicted as Cupid

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Hades(Pluto)

• God of the Underworld
• Ruled the Kingdom of the Dead
• Married to Persephone
• Chose to live in underworld rather then Olympus
• Had a helmet that made him invisible

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Herakles (Hercules)

• Son of Zeus and Alcmena
• Hera tricked I nto nursing him
• Greatest hero of Greece
• Represented strength and courage
• Killed wife Megara resulting in the 12 labors

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Apollo(Apollo)

• Most popular next to Zeus
• Son of Zeus and Leto
• Twin of Artemis
• God of music poetry
• Sun God, Ever youthful
• Seen with bow or lyre

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Demeter and Persephone

• Demeter Goddess of the earth
• One of 12 original Olympians
• Persephone her daughter promised to Hades by Zeus
• 6 months in hell 6 on earth- the seasons