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Page 1: The Greek Gods & Goddesses.  King of the gods  God of air  Uses Thunderbolts as his weapon  Womanizer – married his own sister  Son of Cronos and.

The Greek Gods & Goddesses

Page 2: The Greek Gods & Goddesses.  King of the gods  God of air  Uses Thunderbolts as his weapon  Womanizer – married his own sister  Son of Cronos and.

King of the godsGod of airUses Thunderbolts as his weapon

Womanizer – married his own sister

Son of Cronos and Rhea

Most powerful

Zeus / Jupiter

Jupiter is so named because it is so big – it is the “King of Planets”

Page 3: The Greek Gods & Goddesses.  King of the gods  God of air  Uses Thunderbolts as his weapon  Womanizer – married his own sister  Son of Cronos and.

Queen of the godsProtector of marriageWife/sister of ZeusThe peacock is her symbol (because of the eye-look)

Cows are sacred to her (ox-eyed Hera)

Jealous

Hera / Juno

There is an asteroid named after her, as well as a city in Alaska.

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Goddess of wisdom and defensive war

Daughter of Zeus and Metis (titan) – she popped out of his head after he swallowed the pregnant Metis

She carries a shield with Medusa’s head on it

Athena / Minerva

Minerva was a tiny robot designed by the Japanese to land on an asteroid, but itgot lost in space.

Page 5: The Greek Gods & Goddesses.  King of the gods  God of air  Uses Thunderbolts as his weapon  Womanizer – married his own sister  Son of Cronos and.

God of the sea and earthquakes

Made horsesTrident is weaponAmphitrite is his wifeZeus’ brotherSon of Cronos and Rhea2nd most powerful

Poseidon / Neptune

Neptune is so named because the blue looks like water.

Page 6: The Greek Gods & Goddesses.  King of the gods  God of air  Uses Thunderbolts as his weapon  Womanizer – married his own sister  Son of Cronos and.

God of the Underworld and Wealth

King of the dead but he is not Death

Zeus’ brother Son of Cronos and Rhea Has a helmet that makes the

wearer invisible Persephone is his wife NOT EVIL! (but he is

unpitying) 3rd most powerful

Hades / Pluto

Page 7: The Greek Gods & Goddesses.  King of the gods  God of air  Uses Thunderbolts as his weapon  Womanizer – married his own sister  Son of Cronos and.

Daughter of Cronos and Rhea

Goddess of vegetationHad powers of growth and resurrection

Her daughter is Persephone

Demeter / Ceres

The asteroid Ceres was the first asteroid ever discovered and is one of the largest (about the size of Texas). It almost became designated as a planet

Page 8: The Greek Gods & Goddesses.  King of the gods  God of air  Uses Thunderbolts as his weapon  Womanizer – married his own sister  Son of Cronos and.

Apollo’s Twin sisterGoddess of the hunt, wild things

She is the moon goddess sometimes

Virgin goddessAs Diana, she is also a goddess of light

Stags are sacred

Artemis / Diana

The Artemis navigation satellite

Page 9: The Greek Gods & Goddesses.  King of the gods  God of air  Uses Thunderbolts as his weapon  Womanizer – married his own sister  Son of Cronos and.

God of truth, light, archery, and healing

Sun god in some myths (Helios is the sun god in other myths)

Son of Zeus and LetoWolves, dolphins, and crows are sacred to him

Has the Oracle of Delphi

Apollo

Apollo asteroids are near-earth asteroids

Page 10: The Greek Gods & Goddesses.  King of the gods  God of air  Uses Thunderbolts as his weapon  Womanizer – married his own sister  Son of Cronos and.

Messenger god and the god of thieves

Greek Trickster figure

Very fastSon of Zeus and Maia

Loves AphroditeGreeks believed he guided souls to Hades

Hermes / Mercury

Mercury revolves around the sun so fast, it was named for the messenger god. One year is faster than one day on Mercury.

The Hermes Asteroid

Page 11: The Greek Gods & Goddesses.  King of the gods  God of air  Uses Thunderbolts as his weapon  Womanizer – married his own sister  Son of Cronos and.

God of fire and the forgeSon of Zeus and HeraUgly Lame because he was thrown off Mt. Olympus for interfering with a fight between Hera and Zeus

Husband to Aphrodite

Hephaestus / Vulcan

Page 12: The Greek Gods & Goddesses.  King of the gods  God of air  Uses Thunderbolts as his weapon  Womanizer – married his own sister  Son of Cronos and.

Goddess of beauty and love

Mother of Eros/Cupid

Wife of Hephaestus/Vulcan but lover of Ares/Mars and other guys

Aphrodite / Venus

Born from the foam in the sea caused by the attack of Cronos/ Saturn on Ouranus/Uranus

Venus is so named because it is a beautiful planet and can be easily seen with just the eye.

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God of War Son of Zeus and

Hera, but both hate him

The Romans glorify him, but the Greeks make him out to be a coward

He has three children with Aphrodite: Phobos (panic) and Deimos (fear) are twins

Ares / Mars

Mars and its moons, Phobos and Deimos

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Zeus’ sister – Oldest of the original gods

Goddess of the hearth and home

Gave up her spot on Mt. Olympus for Dionysus

Worshipped daily A virgin priestesses

served her for 30 year time periods

Does pretty much nothing in mythology

Hestia / Vesta

Asteroid Vesta


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