The Olympian Gods

Zeus/Jupiter/Jove

REALM OF AUTHORITY

King of

the godsThe sky and weather

Guest-Friendship (Hospitality)

Parents: Cronus and Rhea

Birth: tricked Dad into eating a rock so he could come back and conquer

him later

Married to

Hera/Juno

Plants and Symbols

The Eagle

The Oak Tree Thunderbolt

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Famous Connections….The tale of Io and Argus

and the tale of Baucis and Philemon!

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Hera/Juno

REALM OF AUTHORITY

Marriage ChildbirthParents:

Cronus and Rhea

Birth: was swallowed by her father, but late saved by

Zeus!

Married to

Zeus/Jove

Plants and Symbols

The Peacock The pomegranate

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Hades/Pluto/DisRealm of authority:

underworldwealth?

Plants and Symbols:Cerberus

Cypress Tree

Cap of invisibility

Parents: Cronus and

RheaBirth: was

swallowed by his father, but later saved by

Zeus!

Married to

Persephone

Famous Connections: Kidnapping Persephone

Orpheus & Eurydice

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Demeter/Ceres

REALM OF AUTHORITY

HarvestSeasons

Parents: Cronus and

RheaBirth: was

swallowed by her father, but later saved by

Zeus!

SINGLE!

Plants and Symbols

Wheat The Torch

A lion

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Famous Connections…

The Abduction and Search for Persephone

& the Eleusinian Mysteries

Hestia / Vesta

REALM OF AUTHORITY Hearth

Home

Parents: Cronus and

RheaBirth: was

swallowed by her father, but later saved by

Zeus!*eldest

SINGLE

Plants and Symbols

The hearth(fireplace)

Pigs and Donkeys

*Most sacred of the gods

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Famous Connections

Vestal Virgins of Rome (priestesses in charge of guarding the city’s sacred flame)

- Honored in society and had

great privileges

- Punishment for letting the flame go out breaking the vow was

burial alive!

Married to

Amphitrite

Poseidon/Neptune REALM

OF AUTHORITY Sea

Earthquakes

Parents: Cronus and

RheaBirth: was

swallowed by his father, but later saved by

Zeus!

Plants and Symbols

Trident Horses

BullDolphins

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Famous Connections

Foundation of Athens

Poseidon Athena & VS. &a fountain of salty water an olive tree

Athena/MinervaREALM OF

AUTHORITY

wisdom

War strategy

arts

Single!

Plants and Symbols Armor/spears Olive Tree

The Owl The Aegis

The Birth of Athena: Parents: Zeus and Metis

Famous Connections: Arachne The Parthenon

Ares/MarsRealm of authority:

War

(Agriculture – Romans)

Plants and Symbols:

SpearBoar

Parents: Zeus and

HeraBirth: Juno bore him

alone (one version)

Single!

Famous Connections: Father of Romulus and Remus Trapped

with Venus

Aphrodite/Venus

REALM OF AUTHORITY Love

Beauty

Parents: formed out of sea foam – or

in other versions, Zeus

and Dione

Married to

Hephaestus

Plants and Symbols

Doves/swans

Shell

Myrtle -->

Magic Girdle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La_nascita_di_Venere_(Botticelli).jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Illustration_Myrtus_communis0.jpg

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Famous Connections:(Many!)

Pygmalion and Galatea

Adonis

Cupid (Eros) and Psyche

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Married to

Venus

Hephaestus

or Vulcan

REALM OF AUTHORITYblacksmiths And Forges

TechnologyFireVolcanoes

Parents: Zeus and

HeraBirth: thrown

from Mt Olympus? = crippled leg

Plants and Symbols

Hammer, Anvil, and an axeFamous Connections: being thrown from Mt. Olympus; Achilles’ shield

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SINGLE

Phoebus Apollo

REALM OF AUTHORITY

SunlightArcheryMedicine

Prophecy

Music/poetry/Art

Parents: Zeus and Leto

Birth: Leto was shunned from

every land due to Hera’s jealousy and gave birth on the island of

Delos

Plants and Symbols

< Lyre Bow and Arrows

Python Laurel Wreath

Famous Connections:

the Python&

The Delphic Oracle

Niobe

Daphne and Apollo

Artemis/Diana

REALM OF AUTHORITYThe Hunt

Wilderness

(The moon)

MaidenhoodPlants and Symbols

Stags and Bears

Bow and ArrowsHunting Dogs

cypress tree

Single!

Parents: Zeus and Leto

Birth: Leto was shunned from every land due to Hera’s jealousy and gave

birth on the island of Delos

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Famous Connections:Orion

Callisto (Ursa Major and Ursa

Minor)

Actaeon and Diana

Hermes/Mercury

Messenger of the gods

REALM OF AUTHORITYCommerce

thievesBorders

travel

Parents: Zeus and

Maia

Single

Plants and Symbols

Caduceus >

Tortoise

Winged Sandals

Famous Connections: Stealing the cows of Apollo and inventing the lyre!

Dionysus/Bacchus

(Liber Pater)

REALM OF AUTHORITYWine Theatre

Rebirthmerriment

Fertility

Parents: Zeus, Semele (and

Persephone)Birth: 3 different

birth stories!

Married to Ariad

ne

Plants and Symbols

Thyrsus

Grapevines Maenads

Leopard Skin and wild cats

Famous Connections: Saving Ariadne King MidasDionysus & the PiratesPentheus

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