The Olympian Gods
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Zeus/Jupiter/Jove
REALM OF AUTHORITY
King of
the godsThe sky and weather
Guest-Friendship (Hospitality)
Parents: Cronus and Rhea
Birth: tricked Dad into eating a rock so he could come back and conquer
him later
Married to
Hera/Juno
Plants and Symbols
The Eagle
The Oak Tree Thunderbolt
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Hera/Juno
REALM OF AUTHORITY
Marriage ChildbirthParents:
Cronus and Rhea
Birth: was swallowed by her father, but later saved by
Zeus!
Married to
Zeus/Jove
Plants and Symbols
The Peacock The pomegranate
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Famous Connections….The tale of Io and Argus
and the tale of Baucis and Philemon!
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Hades/Pluto/DisRealm of authority:
underworldwealth?
Plants and Symbols:Cerberus
Cypress Tree
Cap of invisibility
Parents: Cronus and
RheaBirth: was
swallowed by his father, but later saved by
Zeus!
Married to
Persephone
Famous Connections: Kidnapping Persephone
Orpheus & Eurydice
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Demeter/Ceres
REALM OF AUTHORITY
HarvestSeasons
Parents: Cronus and
RheaBirth: was
swallowed by her father, but later saved by
Zeus!
SINGLE!
Plants and Symbols
Wheat The Torch
A lion
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Famous Connections…
The Abduction and Search for Persephone
& the Eleusinian Mysteries
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Hestia / Vesta
REALM OF AUTHORITY Hearth
Home
Parents: Cronus and
RheaBirth: was
swallowed by her father, but later saved by
Zeus!*eldest
SINGLE
Plants and Symbols
The hearth(fireplace)
Pigs and Donkeys
*Most sacred of the gods
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Famous Connections
Vestal Virgins of Rome (priestesses in charge of guarding the city’s sacred flame)
- Honored in society and had
great privileges
- Punishment for letting the flame go out breaking the vow was
burial alive!
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Married to
Amphitrite
Poseidon/Neptune REALM
OF AUTHORITY Sea
Earthquakes
Parents: Cronus and
RheaBirth: was
swallowed by his father, but later saved by
Zeus!
Plants and Symbols
Trident Horses
BullDolphins
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Famous Connections
Foundation of Athens
Poseidon Athena & VS. &a fountain of salty water an olive tree
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Athena/MinervaREALM OF
AUTHORITY
wisdom
War strategy
arts
Single!
Plants and Symbols Armor/spears Olive Tree
The Owl The Aegis
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The Birth of Athena: Parents: Zeus and Metis
Famous Connections: Arachne The Parthenon
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Ares/MarsRealm of authority:
War
(Agriculture – Romans)
Plants and Symbols:
SpearBoar
Parents: Zeus and
HeraBirth: Juno bore him
alone (one version)
Single!
Famous Connections: Father of Romulus and Remus Trapped
with Venus
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Aphrodite/Venus
REALM OF AUTHORITY Love
Beauty
Parents: formed out of sea foam – or
in other versions, Zeus
and Dione
Married to
Hephaestus
Plants and Symbols
Doves/swans
Shell
Myrtle -->
Magic Girdle
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Famous Connections:(Many!)
Pygmalion and Galatea
Adonis
Cupid (Eros) and Psyche
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Married to
Venus
Hephaestus
or Vulcan
REALM OF AUTHORITYblacksmiths And Forges
TechnologyFireVolcanoes
Parents: Zeus and
HeraBirth: thrown
from Mt Olympus? = crippled leg
Plants and Symbols
Hammer, Anvil, and an axeFamous Connections: being thrown from Mt. Olympus; Achilles’ shield
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SINGLE
Phoebus Apollo
REALM OF AUTHORITY
SunlightArcheryMedicine
Prophecy
Music/poetry/Art
Parents: Zeus and Leto
Birth: Leto was shunned from
every land due to Hera’s jealousy and gave birth on the island of
Delos
Plants and Symbols
< Lyre Bow and Arrows
Python Laurel Wreath
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Famous Connections:
the Python&
The Delphic Oracle
Niobe
Daphne and Apollo
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Artemis/Diana
REALM OF AUTHORITYThe Hunt
Wilderness
(The moon)
MaidenhoodPlants and Symbols
Stags and Bears
Bow and ArrowsHunting Dogs
cypress tree
Single!
Parents: Zeus and Leto
Birth: Leto was shunned from every land due to Hera’s jealousy and gave
birth on the island of Delos
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Famous Connections:Orion
Callisto (Ursa Major and Ursa
Minor)
Actaeon and Diana
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Hermes/Mercury
Messenger of the gods
REALM OF AUTHORITYCommerce
thievesBorders
travel
Parents: Zeus and
Maia
Single
Plants and Symbols
Caduceus >
Tortoise
Winged Sandals
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Famous Connections: Stealing the cows of Apollo and inventing the lyre!
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Dionysus/Bacchus
(Liber Pater)
REALM OF AUTHORITYWine Theatre
Rebirthmerriment
Fertility
Parents: Zeus, Semele (and
Persephone)Birth: 3 different
birth stories!
Married to Ariad
ne
Plants and Symbols
Thyrsus
Grapevines Maenads
Leopard Skin and wild cats
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Famous Connections: Saving Ariadne King MidasDionysus & the PiratesPentheus
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