1. MAJOR GREEK GODS AND GODDESSES BY NOAH S

2. ZEUS ZEUS IS THE KING OF THE GODS (ROMAN GOD JUPITER)FATHER OF PERSEUS AND HERACLES HIS WIFE IS HERA.HE IS SON OF TITANS CRONUS AND RHEA.

3. HERACLES Hercules was the greatest of The mythological Greek heroes He was famous for his incredible strength,courage, and intelligence Hercules is actually his roman name the Greek called him Heracles Hercules once had to deal with the twelve labors in the next few slides I will show you them.

4. THE NEMEAN LION Initially Hercules was supposed to complete 10 labors,not 12 King Eurystheus Decided Hercules first task would Be to bring him the skin of an invulnerable lion which terrorized the hills around Nemea Setting out on what seemed like an impossible labor,Hercules came to a town called Cleonae,where he stayed poor workman for hire Molorchus when his host offered to sacrifice an animal to pray for a safe lion hunt, Hercules said to wait 30 days and if he returned they would sacrifice to Zeus and if he died fighting to sacrifice to him as a hero When Hercules got to Nemea and began tracking the terrible lion he soon discovered that his arrows were useless against the beast he picked up his club and went after the lion grasping it with his hands choked it to death

5. THE QUEEN OF THE GODS (ROMAN NAME JUNO ) IS HUSBAND TO ZEUS.SHE AIDED THE HERO JASON AND WITHOUT HER HELP WOULD NOT HAVE EARNED THE GOLDEN FLEECE HERA

6. POSEIDON Brother to Zeus God of the sea and horses Poseidon married nerseus' daughter Amphitrite Although Poseidon is a supreme God he spends most of his time in his watery domain.

7. HEPHAESTUS (Roman name Vulcan ) God of fire and crafts Son of Zeus and Hera Hera threw him off mount Olympus She threw him off because she was not happy with Zeus for marring a mortal Which is how he is lame

8. APHRODITE Aphrodite (roman name Venus )goddess of love beauty and fertility. The poet hesoid thought that Aphrodite was born of sea Foam

9. ARES Ares (roman name Mars)is the God of war. Though he was immortal he was bested by Heracles

10. APOLLO Apollo God of prophecy, music and healing Apolo helped hectors brother Paris slay Achilles

11. ARTEMIS Artemis (Roman name Diana ) She brought sudden death with her arrows She was the leader of the hunt

12. ATHENA Athena (roman name Minerva )goddess of crafts and domestic Arts and also the of the war She was the pan of Athens her symbol is the owl She was originally the great godess then changed to the godess of wisdom Athena aided the heroes Perseus,Jason,Odysseus,and Cadmus

13. The gods and godess' family tree UranusGaia Aphrodite OceanusHyperionCoeusCriusIapetusMnemosyne CronusRheaTethysTheiaPhoebeThemis ZeusHeraHestiaDemeterHadesPoseidon AthenaAresHephaestusHebeEileithyiaEris MaiaLetoSemele HermesApolloArtemisDionysus