 Mount Olympus is Greece’s highest mountain range  Highest peak – Mytikas – 9,577 feet  Mount Olympus in Greek Mythology home of the gods – the Twelve.

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 Mount Olympus is Greece’s highest mountain range  Highest peak – Mytikas – 9,577 feet  Mount Olympus in Greek Mythology home of the gods – the Twelve Olympians

 King of the gods – ruler of Mount Olympus  god of the sky & thunder  Symbols – thunderbolt; eagle, bull, and oak  Youngest son of Cronus & Rhea  Cronus king of Titans  Brothers – Poseidon & Hades divided the world  Poseidon – sea; Hades – underworld; Zeus - sky

GOD OF SEA, EARTHQUAKES, HORSE SYMBOLS – HORSES, SEA FOAM, DOLPHINS, TRIDENT SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME IN THE SEA GOD OF UNDERWORLD & AFTERLIFE WAS NOT ONE OF THE TWELVE OLYMPIANS CERBERUS – 3 HEADED DOG GUARDED REALM HADES HAD A HELMET THAT MADE THE WEARER INVISIBLE

GODDESS OF WAR & WISDOM; PATRON GODDESS OF ATHENS; SYMBOLS OWL; SPEAR; OLIVE TREE; GODDESS OF AGRICULTURE; SYMBOLS WHEAT; TORCH; BREAD; MOTHER OF PERSEPHONE; SHE NEEDED TO BE HAPPY

GODDESS OF LOVE & BEAUTY; PROTECTOR OF SAILORS; SYMBOLS – SEASHELLS; DOVE; MIRRORS GOD OF WAR; ONLY IMMORTAL DEITY; SYMBOLS – SPEAR, HELMET

GODDESS OF HUNT & MOON; PROTECTOR OF NATURE; TWIN BROTHER APOLLO; SYMBOLS – GOLDEN BOW & ARROW; DEER, CYPRESS GOD OF SUN, PROPHESY, MUSIC; SYMBOLS RAVEN, LYRE, LAUREL TREE, WOLF

GOD OF WINE & THEATRE; HAD MORTAL PARENTS; SYMBOLS – IVY CROWN; THYRSOS; GRAPEVINE MESSENGER; COULD VISIT HEAVEN, EARTH, UNDERWORLD; SYMBOLS – WINGED SANDALS, RAM, HERALD’S STAFF

 Goddess of Marriage  Wife of Zeus  Beautiful and Graceful  Vain about her good looks  Symbols – crown, Lotus-staff, Cuckoo