Option 1 for the Roman Menu Projects.

1. ANCIENT ROMAN
MYTHOLOGY
By Andrey Marsavin

2. Juno (Hera)
Being the wife and at the
same time the sister of
Jupiter, Juno was the
goddess of women and
childbirth. The Greek
name for Juno is Hera.

3. Jupiter (Zeus)
Being the main king of all
gods, Jupiter was also the
god of thunder and
lightning. The Greek name
for Jupiter is Zeus.

4. Minerva (Athena)
Minerva was the goddess of
war and crafts. In Greece,
Minerva was called
Athena, also being the
mother goddess of the city
of Athens.

5. Neptune (Poseidon)
Neptune was the god of the
seas. His original Greek
name is Poseidon.

6. Vulcan (Hephaestus)
Vulcan was the god of
forges and craftsmen. His
Greek name was
Hephaestus, but the
Roman’s renamed him to
Vulcan, which is where
the word “Volcano” comes
from.

7. Ceres (Demeter)
Ceres was the Roman
goddess of agriculture. Her
name in Greece was
Demeter.

8. Mars (Ares)
Mars was the main god of
war in Ancient Rome. In
Ancient Greece, he was
called Ares.

9. Apollo
Apollo was the god of
three things: the sun,
healing and prophecy. The
Romans did not change his
name from the original
mythology of Ancient
Greece.

10. Mercury (Hermes)
Mercury was the god of
trade and thieves. He was
also Jupiter’s messenger.
His name comes from the
Greek, Hermes.

11. Venus (Aphrodite)
Venus was the daughter of
the two oldest Roman Gods,
Uranus and Gaea. She was
known to be the goddess of
love and beauty. In
Ancient Greece, Venus was
called Aphrodite.

12. Works Cited
Marks, Anthony and Tingay, Graham. The Romans. London: Usborne Publishing
Ltd. 1990. Print.