ZeusKing of the Gods

Defeated Titans

Held power over the weather, and holds power over both the sky and the land of the earth.

Depicted as a mature bearded man, but also appeared in

other forms when visiting the mortal realm.

The lightening bolt was his symbol.

HeraQueen of the Gods

Wife & Sister to Zeus

Goddess of women, marriage, nurses, the sky and the

heavens.

Depicted as a beautiful woman holding a lotus-tipped staff

She was called upon by women on their wedding nights, during childbirth, and to gain revenge

on their erring husbands.

HadesLord of the underworld and the

dead, presiding over funerals and defending the

right to proper burial

He is also the god of wealth

He is brother to Zeus

He helped Zeus defeat

the Titans

Depicted as a regal man

with a dark beard

Aphrodite

Goddess of beauty, love, pleasure, procreation.

Depicted as a beautiful young woman, usually with

the winged Eros.

Her symbols were apples, scalloped shells, doves, and

mirrors.

Her birth.

Artemis

Goddess of hunting, wild animals, wilderness,

childbirth, and girl-children until they marry.

She is often depicted as a young girl in a knee length chiton,

with a bow and arrow.

Ares

Lord of war, battle lust, civil order, and manly

courage.

He is depicted either as a bearded man in battle or a young beardless man

carrying a spear wearing a helm.

Symbols are the spear and helm, shields.

ApolloLord of the prophecy and

oracles, plagues and disease, healing, music, songs, poetry,

archery, protector of the young.

He is always depicted as a young beardless man.

He was thought to carry the sun across the sky with his golden

chariot.

Symbols include laurel leaves, ravens, bows and arrows, lyres.

HermesGod of animal husbandry, roads, travel, hospitality,

heralds, diplomacy, trade, thievery, language, writing, persuasion, cunning wiles,

athletic contests, gymnasiums, astronomy, and astrology.

Depicted as a handsome and athletic, beardless youth, or as

an older bearded man.

His attributes included the herald's wand, winged boots,

and sometimes a traveling cloak.

Athena

Goddess of wise council, war, defender of cities, heroic

endeavors, pottery, weaving

Her birth

She is depicted as a young woman, armed, and wearing a

cloak adorned with snakes and the head of the gorgon.

City of Athens is named for her.

Poseidon

God of the sea, rivers, flood and drought, earthquakes, and

horses.

He is brother to Zeus

He helped Zeus defeat

the Titans

Depicted as a mature man with a dark beard.

Symbol was a trident.

Hestia

Goddess of the hearth and the home.

She watched over the cooking of bread and the preparation of

the family meal.

Depicted as a modestly veiled woman sometimes holding a

flowered branch.

Her symbol was the flower branch, which symbolized her

everlasting virginity.

Hephaestus

God of fire, metalworking, stonemasonry and the art of

sculpture.

He was called the lame god.

Depicted as a bearded man holding hammer and tongs

and usually riding a donkey.

His symol was the hammer of the forge.