Greek Gods and Goddesses

Got all your Greek gods and Roman counterparts straight? Try to do it before you go on Jeopardy!

Here’s a list of the main gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome, starting with the head honchos, Greek name first.

Zeus / Jupiter – ruler of the gods, god of sky and lightning
Hera / Juno – wife of Zeus / Jupiter, goddess of women and marriage

The rest are in alphabetical order:

Aphrodite / Venus – goddess of love and beauty
Apollo / Phoebus – god of music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light, knowledge
Ares / Mars – god of war
Artemis / Diana – goddess of the hunt, forests, hills, moon, archery
Athena / Minerva – goddess of wisdom
Demeter / Ceres – goddess of agriculture, fertility, sacred law, the harvest
Dionysus / Bacchus – god of wine, revelry
Eros / Cupid – god of desire, sexual attraction
Hades / Pluto – god of the dead and riches; king of the underworld
Hephaestus / Vulcan – god of fire, metalworking, stone masonry, forges, art of sculpture
Hermes / Mercury – messenger god; god of trade, thieves, travelers, sports, athletes, border crossings; guide to the Underworld
Hestia / Vesta – goddess of the hearth, home, architecture, domesticity, family
Cronus (Kronos) / Saturn – first god, father of Zeus / Jupiter; god of wealth, agriculture, liberation, and time
Persephone / Proserpina – goddess of vegetation; queen of the underworld
Poseidon / Neptune – god of freshwater, horses and the sea

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