Roman Gods, Goddess' And Poets

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Bacchus:

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Roman god of wine and revelry. Finds similar characteristics with the Greek god Dionysus.

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Catullus:

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Roman poet in the 1st century B.C., particularly notable for his love poems and his poetics of insults.

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Ceres:

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Roman goddess of grain and the harvest. Finds similar characteristics with the Greek goddess Demeter

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Diana:

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Roman goddess of the hunt, of young women and female adolescence, of wild animals. Finds similar characteristics with the Greek goddess Artemis.

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Horace:

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Roman poet active at the end of the first century B.C.

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Janus:

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Roman god of beginnings and endings, transitions, and doorways. Temple of Janus only closed in times when the Roman people at peace. Shown with two heads or faces.

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Juno:

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Roman goddess of marriage. Queen of the gods and wife of Jupiter. Finds similar characteristics with the Greek goddess Hera.

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Jupiter:

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Roman god of the sky, and ruler of deities. Finds similar characteristics with the Greek god Zeus.

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Mars:

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Roman god of warfare, though originally an agricultural god. Finds similar characteristics with the Greek god Ares.

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Mercury:

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Roman god of travel, commerce, merchants, thieves. Finds similar characteristics with the Greek god Hermes.

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Minerva:

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Roman goddess of wisdom, arts and crafts, strategic thinking. Finds similar characteristics with the Greek goddess Athena.

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Neptune:

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Roman god of the sea. Finds similar characteristics with the Greek god Poseidon.

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Pluto:

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Roman god of the Underworld, originally with the name Dis. Finds similar characteristics with the Greek god Hades.

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Quirinus:

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Roman god of war, before Mars assumed more martial qualities. Sometimes considered a possible founder of Rome, in contrast with Romulus, but later assimilated with Romulus.

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Venus:

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Roman goddess of sex and love. Finds similar characteristics with the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

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Vesta:

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Roman goddess of the hearth, home, and home fire. More important for the Romans than Greeks. Finds similar characteristics with the Greek goddess Hestia.

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Vulcan:

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Roman god of the forge, fire, metal work, crafts. Finds similar characteristics with the Greek god Hephaestus.