Archeology Gods & Goddesses

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Zeus ( Jupiter )

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King of the gods, Zeus ruled the sky and allotted the sea to his brother Poseidon and the Underworld to his other brother Hades. His weapon was the thunderbolt, and with it he led the other gods to victory over the giants, who had challenged the Olympians for control of the world. Jupiter was also the chief god of the Romans.

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Hera(Juno)

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Wife and sister of Zeus, Hera was the goddess of marriage

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Poseidon(Neptune)

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Poseidon was one of the three sons of Khronos and Rhea and was lord of the sea. He controleed the waves, storms, and earthquakes with his three-pronged pitchfork(trident)

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Hestia(Vesta)

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first daughter of Cronus and Rhea (Ancient Greek Ἑστία, "hearth" or "fireside"), is the virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and of the right ordering of domesticity and the family.

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Ares(Mars)

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God of war, Ares was the son of Zeus and Hera and the lover of Aphrodite. Mars, father of the twin founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, looms much larger in Roman mythology and religion than Ares does in Greek.

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Athena(Minerva)

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Goddess of wisdom and warfare,
Athena was a virgin (parthenos in greek),
Born from head of Zeus.
Athens is named after her

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Hephaistos(Vulcan)

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God of fire and of metalworking. Hephistos fashioned the armor Achilles wore in battle against Troy. He also provided Zeus his scepter and Poseidon his trident, and was the “surgeon” who split open Zeus’s head when Athena was born. In some accounts, Hephaistos is the son of Hera without a male partner. In others, he is the son of Hera and Zeus. He was born lame and, uncharacteristically for a god, ugly. His wife Aphrodite was unfaithful to him.

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Apollo(Apollo)

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God of light and music, and a great archer, Apollo was the son of Zeus with Leto/Latona, daughter of one of the Titans. His epithet Phoibos means “radiant,” and the young, beautiful Apollo was sometimes identified with the sun ( Helios/ Sol ).

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Artemis(Diana)

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Sister of Apollo, Artemis was goddess of the hunt and of wild animals. As Apollo’s twin, she was occasionally regarded as the moon ( Selene/Luna ).

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Aphrodite(Venus)

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Daughter of Zeus and Dione (daughter of Okeanos and one of the nymph s—the goddesses of springs, caves, and woods), Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty. In one version of her myth, she was born from the foam ( aphros in Greek) of the sea. She was the mother of Eros by Ares and of the Trojan hero Aeneas by Anchises.

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Hermes(Mercury)

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Zeus + Nymph

Hermes was the fleet-footed messenger of the gods and possessed winged sandals.

He was also the guide of travelers, including the dead journeying to the Underworld.

Had caduceus, a magical herald’s rod, and wore a traveler’s hat, often also shown with wings.

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Hades(Pluto)

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One of the children of Kronos who fought with his brothers against the Titans, Hades was equal in stature to the Olympians but never resided on Mount Olympus. Hades was the lord of the Underworld and god of the dead.

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Dionysos(Bacchus)

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The son of Zeus and a mortal woman, Dionysos was the god of wine. In Roman times, an important mystery religion centered on Dionysos.

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Eros(Amor or Cupid)

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The son of Aphrodite and Ares, Eros was the winged child-god of love. In early representations, he appears as an adolescent, but artists normally depicted him

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Asklepios(Aesculapius)

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The son of Apollo and a mortal woman, Asklepios was the Greek god of healing, whose serpent-entwined staff is the emblem of modern medicine.

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Earth

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Gaia/Ge

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Heaven

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Ouranos/Uranus

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Ocean

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Okeanos/Oceanus

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Saturn

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Kronos

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Demeter

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Demeter was the goddess of grain and agriculture. She taught humans how to sow and plow.

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Antaios

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Libyan Giant, a son of Earth

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cire perdue

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lost wax method

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cannon

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perfect dimensions of human body

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herm

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a bust on a square pillar

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Nike

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God of Victory