1. Greek Gods and Goddesses

2. ZEUS Roman name Jupiter
Lord of the sky
Supreme god of the Olympians.
Symbols are the lightning bolt and the eagle.
Married to Hera
Brother to Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Hestia and Demeter
Father to Ares, Athena, Hephaestus, Hermes, Apollo , Dionysus and Artemis.

3. Hera Roman name Juno The goddess of marriage and motherhood.
Symbols are the cow and the peacock.
Wife of Zeus
Sister to Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hestia and Demeter
Mother to Ares and Hephaestus

4. APHRODITE Roman name Venus
The goddess of love, beauty and fertility
Created from sea foam
Symbol is the dove.
Married to Hephaestus, but her boyfriend is Ares.

5. ARES Roman name Mars God of war Symbols are the boar and spear.
Child of Zeus and Hera
Brother to Hephaestus
Half-brother to Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Dionysus and Hermes.
Is Aphrodite's boyfriend.

6. HEPHAESTUS Roman name Vulcan
God of fire and blacksmithing.
Child of Zeus and Hera
Brother to Ares
Half-brother to Apollo, Athena, Artemis, Dionysus and Hermes.
Symbol is the hammer.

7. ARTEMIS Roman name Diana
Goddess of the hunt and of the moon.
Her symbols are the deer and the bow.
Child of Zeus (and Leta)
Twin sister to Apollo.
Half-sister to Ares, Hermes, Dionysus, Hephaestus and Athena.

8. DIONYSUS Roman name Bacchus
God of wine and madness
Child of Zeus
Born a mortal demi-god, was given immortality by Zeus

9. HERMES Roman name Mercury
Messenger of the gods and guide of dead souls to the Underworld
God of doctors, travelers and thieves
Symbols are winged sandals and helmet
Child of Zeus (and Maia)
Half-brother to Apollo, Athena, Artemis, Ares, Dionysus and Hephaestus

10. POSEIDON Roman name Neptune
God of the sea, earthquakes and horses
Symbols are the trident and horses
Brother to Zeus, Hera, Demeter, Hestia and Hades

11. APOLLO Roman name Apollo
God of prophesy, music, healing and the sun
Symbols are the lyre, the sun and the arrow
Twin brother to Artemis
Child of Zeus (and Leta)
Half-brother to Ares, Athena, Dionysus, Hephaestus and Hermes.

12. ATHENA Roman name Minerva
Goddess of crafts and the domestic arts and also those of battle strategy and wisdom.
Symbol was the owl.
Child of Zeus (was born fully grown from Zeus’s head)
Half-sister to Hermes, Hephaestus, Apollo, Dionysus, Ares and Artemis

13. DEMETER Roman name Cerus
Goddess of agriculture
Symbol is a sheaf of wheat
sister of Zeus, Hera, Hades, Hestia and Poseidon
mother of Persephone.

14. HADES Roman name Pluto God of the dead and ruler of the Underworld
Symbol is the Helm of Darkness, which is like a helmet/crown.
Brother to Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Hestia and Demeter
Married to Persephone (who he abducted and tricked into marriage)
Does not have a throne on Mount Olympus

15. Hestia Roman name Vesta
Goddess of the hearth (fire), home and peace
Tends the fire of Mount Olympus
Symbol is the campfire/fireplace
Gave up her throne on Mount Olympus to Dionysus when he was made a god by Zeus
Brother to Zeus, Hades, Hera, Demeter and Poseidon