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Name (Roman) |
Places |
Animals, Plants |
Objects |
Attributes, Activities |
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Zeus (Jupiter) |
Olympia, Dodona, Crete |
eagle, bull, oak |
lightning, aegis, throne |
prophecy, weather, kingship, justice |
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Hera (Juno) |
Argos |
cow, peacock |
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marriage, childbirth |
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Apollo |
Delos, Delphi |
snake, laurel, hyacinth |
lyre, bow &arrow |
prophecy, medicine, archery, music, moderation, law, the arts, the sun |
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Artemis (Diana) |
Delos, Delphi, Brauron |
bear, deer |
bow&arrow, moon |
moon, chastity, hunting, protecting young, childbirth |
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Hephaestus (Vulcan) |
Lemnos, Athens |
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anvil and forge |
craftsmanship, blacksmith, lameness |
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Dionysus (Bacchus) |
Thebes, Delphi, Asia |
bull, snake, panther, ivy |
wine, thyrsus, fawnskin |
prophecy, tragedy, ecstasy, violation of limits |
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Aphrodite (Venus) |
Cyprus, Cythera |
dove, goose |
(Eros) |
love, sex |
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Poseidon (Neptune) |
Athens, Crete |
bull, horse |
trident |
earthquakes, sea |
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Demeter (Ceres) |
Eleusis |
grain |
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harvest, fertility, immortality (Mysteries) |
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Hermes (Mercury) |
Mt Cyllene, Arcadia |
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hat, winged sandals, wand |
messenger, traveller, leads souls to Hades, trickster |
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Ares (Mars) |
Thebes, Thrace |
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chariot, armor |
war |
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Athena (Minerva) |
Athens |
owl, snake, olive tree |
aegis, armor |
wisdom, war, weaving, chastity, technology, horsemanship |
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Hestia (Vesta) |
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sacred fire |
chastity, domesticity, the hearth |
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Hades (Pluto) |
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lord of the dead |