Greek Name
|
Roman Name
|
Description
|
| Aphrodite |
Venus |
Goddess of Love and Beauty. |
| Apollo |
Apollo |
Master musician, archer god, healer, god
of light, god of truth, sun god. |
| Ares |
Mars |
God of war. |
| Artemis |
Diana |
Apollo's twin sister, lady of wild things
and huntsman to the gods. As Apollo is the Sun, Artemis is the moon. |
| Asclepius |
Aesculapius |
God of medicine |
| Athene/Athena |
Minerva |
Daughter of Zeus alone - Sprang from his
head full-grown and in full armor. Goddess of the City, Education/Science,
civilized life, handicrafts, agriculture, and War. |
| Cronos/Kronos |
Saturn |
God of the sky. Ruler of the Titans. |
| Demeter |
Ceres |
Goddess of grain. |
| Dionysus |
Bacchus |
God of wine and vegetation. |
| Eros |
Cupid |
God of love. |
| Gaea |
Terra |
Mother Earth |
| Hades |
Pluto |
Ruler of the underworld and the dead. |
| Hephaestos |
Vulcan |
God of Fire. The only ugly and deformed
god. Makes armor and weapons forged under volcanoes. |
| Hera |
Juno |
Zeus's wife and sister. Protector of marriage,
spent most of her time punishing the many women Zeus fell in love with. |
| Hermes |
Mercury |
Zeus' Messenger, God of Commerce, Market,
trickery, and thieves., Wore wings on his sandals and his hat, thus was
graceful and swift. |
| Hestia |
Vesta |
A virgin goddess and sister of Zeus. Goddess
of the Hearth, the symbol of the home. |
| Hypnos |
Somnus |
God of sleep. |
| Moiras/Keras |
Fata, i.e. Fates |
Determiners of life events: the thread
of life is woven, measured, and cut by these three sisters. |
| Nike |
Victoria |
Goddess of Victory. |
| Pan |
Faunus |
God of Flocks, Sheep |
| Persephone |
Proserpina |
Goddess of Spring and the Underworld (through
marriage with Hades) |
| Phosphor |
Lucifer |
Light-bearer, Star that brings in the
day |
| Poseidon |
Neptune |
Ruler of the sea. |
| Rhea |
Ops |
Mother Goddess. Wife of Cronus/Saturn. |
| Selene |
Luna |
Goddess of the Moon |
| Uranus |
Uranus |
God of the sky. Father of the Titans. |
| Zeus |
Jupiter/Jove |
Supreme ruler of the gods, Lord of the
Sky, Gods, and Thunder, also Rain-god, Cloud-gatherer |
