2. Zeus (Jupiter)
▪ The supreme leader.
▪ Lord of the Sky, Rain-god and the Cloud-gatherer,
who wielded the awful thunderbolt.
▪ His wife was Hera.
▪ He is represented as falling in love with one
woman after another and descending to all
manner of tricks to hide his infidelity from his
wife.
▪ His bird was the eagle, his tree is the oak.
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4. Poseidon(Neptune)
▪ Ruler of the Sea
▪ Zeus’s brother and second only to him in
eminence.
▪ He was commonly called Earth-shaker and was
always shown carrying his trident.
▪ He had some connection with bulls as well as
horses.
5. Hera (Juno)
▪ Zeu’s wife and sister.
▪ The protector of marriage, and
married women were her peculiar
care.
▪ The cow and the peacock were her
sacred animals.
6. Hestia (Vesta)
▪ Zeus’s sister.
▪ She has no distinct personality and she
plays no parts in the myths.
▪ The Goddess of Hearth, the symbol of the
home, around which the newborn child
must be carried before it could be received
into the family.
7. Athena (Minerva)
▪ She was the pre-eminently the Goddess of the City,
the protector of civilized life, of handicrafts and
agriculture; the inventor of the bridle, who first tamed
horses for men to use.
▪ The word oftenest to describe her is gray-eyed or, as
it sometimes translated, flashing-eyed.
▪ Chief of the virgin goddess and was called Maiden,
Parthenos, and her temple was the Parthenon.
▪ She was the embodiment of wisdom, reason, purity.
▪ Athens, her special city; the olive created by her was
her tree; the owl, her bird.
8. Apollo
▪ The son of Zeus and Leto (Latona).
▪ The master musician who delights Olympus as he
plays on his golden lyre; the lord too of the silver
bow, the Archer-god, far-shooting; the Healer.
▪ The God of Light andTruth.
▪ Phoebus means brilliant or shining.
▪ The laurel was his tree.
▪ Many creatures were sacred to him, chief among
them are the dolphin and the crow.
9. Artemis (Diana)
▪ Apollo’s twin sister, daughter of Zeus and Leto.
▪ She was the Lady of wildThings, Huntsman-in-
chief to the gods, an odd office for a woman.
▪ The protector of dewy youth.
▪ As Phoebus was the Sun, she was the Moon,
called Phoebe and Selene (Luna).
▪ The cypress was sacred to her; and all wild
animals, but especially the deer.
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11. Aphrodite(Venus)
▪ The Goddess of Love and Beauty.
▪ She is the daughter of Zeus and Dione.
▪ The myrtle was her tree; the dove her bird
– sometimes, too the sparrow and the
swan.
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13. Ares(Mars)
▪ The God ofWar.
▪ Son of Zeus and Hera.
▪ His bird was the vulture.
▪ Resolves everything through war.
▪ The bloody spear and boar.
14. Hades (Pluto)
▪ The third brother among the Olympians.
▪ Ruler of the Underworld and over the
dead.
▪ The God ofWealth
▪ He was unpitying, inexorable, but just; a
terrible, not an evil god.
▪ He had three-headed dogs or hellhounds,
Cerberus.
15. Hermes (Mercury)
▪ He had winged sandals; winged low-crowned hat;
and winged magic wand, the Caduceus.
▪ Zeus’s Messenger.
▪ He was the shrewdest and most cunning. He was
the MasterThief.
▪ The God of Commerce and the Market, protector
of traders.
▪ His sacred animal is a snake.
19. (Drawing Activity)
Divide yourselves into groups of 3 have a
representative pick a particular god or goddess
(draw lots) and draw based on their own
understanding and depiction of that particular deity.
Share in front of the class what insights or views can
you say about this god on the present day context.
20. EVALUATION
On a 1/4th piece of paper create a symbol for
each god or goddess and explain why this is
his/her symbol.
