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The
Twelve Olympians
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# |
Greek
Name |
Principal
Concerns |
Roman
Name |
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1 |
Zeus |
Sky,
weather, law, justice; king of the gods |
Jupiter/Jove |
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2 |
Hera |
Marriage,
childbirth; queen of heaven |
Juno |
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3 |
Poseidon |
The
sea |
Neptune |
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4 |
Demeter |
Corn,
harvest, agriculture |
Ceres |
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5 |
Apollo |
Healing,
arts, prophecy, law; a sun god |
Apollo |
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6 |
Artemis |
Hunting,
women, wild nature |
Diana |
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7 |
Hephaestus |
Fire,
metalworking |
Vulcan |
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8 |
Athena/Pallas |
War,
learning, handicrafts |
Minerva |
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9 |
Ares |
War |
Mars |
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10
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Aphrodite |
Love,
beauty, procreation |
Venus |
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11 |
Hermes |
Travellers, commerce; a herald and messenger of the gods |
Mercury |
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12 |
Hestia |
Hearth,
the home |
Vesta |
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12
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Dionysius* |
Wine,
intoxication, ritual madness |
Bacchus |
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Notes
* Replaced Hestia
Sources
March, J. A Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythology.
London: Cassell & Co., 2001.
Seltman, C. The Twelve Olympians. New York: Thomas
Y. Crowell Company, 1962. |
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