Roman Mythology

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The Capitoline Triad (Credit: CC by 3.0, Sailko)

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The three main Roman gods,
known as the Capitoline
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Jupiter,
Triad, are

Juno and Minerva.

 Jupiter
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Zeus
 Jupiter
SOSupreme King of
the gods. God of the
sky and thunder,
and patron god of
Rome.
 Juno
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Greek Mythology:
Hera
 Juno
Queen of the gods.
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Saturn’s daughter
Juno was the wife
and sister of Jupiter,
and sister of Neptune
and Pluto. She was
the mother of
Juventas, Mars and
Vulcan.
 Minerva
Greek Mythology:
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Athena
 Minerva
Goddess of wisdom,
arts, trade and strategy.
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Minerva was born of
the head of Jupiter after
he swallowed her
mother Metis, having
been told that the child
he had impregnated
her with could be more
powerful than he.
 Neptune
Greek Mythology:
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Poseidon
 Neptune
Brother of Jupiter, Pluto

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and Juno, Neptune was
god of freshwater and the
sea, along with
earthquakes, hurricanes
and horses. Neptune is
often depicted as an older
man with a trident,
sometimes being pulled
across the sea in a horse
drawn chariot.
 Venus
Greek Mythology:
SO Aphrodite

*Fresco of Venus and Mars from

which the House of Venus and
Mars in Pompeii takes its name
 Venus
Mother of the Roman

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people, Venus was the
goddess of love, beauty,
fertility, sex, desire and
prosperity, equal to her
Greek counterpart
Aphrodite. She was also,
however, goddess of
victory and even
prostitution, and patron of
wine.
 Mars
Greek Mythology:
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Ares
 Mars
According to Ovid, Mars

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was son of Juno alone, as
his mother sought to
restore balance after
Jupiter usurped her role as
mother by giving birth to
Minerva from his head.
Famously god of war, Mars
was also guardian of
agriculture and the
embodiment of virility and
aggression.
 Apollo
Greek Mythology:
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Apollo
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The Archer. Son of
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Jupiter and Latona,
twin of Diana. Apollo
was god of music,
healing, light and truth.
Apollo is one of only a
few Roman gods who
kept the same name as
his Greek counterpart.
 Diana
Greek Mythology:
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Artemis
 Diana
Daughter of Jupiter and

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Latona and twin of Apollo.
Diana was goddess of the
hunt, the moon and birth. To
some Diana was also
considered to be goddess of
lower classes, especially
slaves, for whom her festival
on the Ides of August in
Rome and Aricia was also a
holiday.
 Vulcan
Greek Mythology:
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Hephaestus
 Vulcan
God of fire, volcanoes,

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metal work and the forge;
maker of the weapons of
the gods. In some
mythology Vulcan is said to
have been banished from
the heavens as a child
because of a physical
defect. Hidden in the base
of a volcano he learnt his
trade.
 Vesta
Greek Mythology:
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Hestia
 Vesta
Goddess of hearth, home

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and domestic life. Vesta
was a daughter of Saturn
and Ops and sister to
Jupiter, Juno, Neptune and
Pluto. She was enshrined
in the sacred and
perpetually burning fire of
the Vestal Virgins (all
female and Rome’s only
full-time priesthood).
 Mercury
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Hermes
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 Mercury
Son of Maia and Jupiter;
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god of profit, trade,
eloquence,
communication, travel,
trickery and thieves.
Mercury was a roman
psychopomp, tasked
with guiding the souls of
the dead to the
underworld.
 Ceres
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Demeter
 Ceres
The Eternal Mother.
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Ceres is the
daughter of Saturn
and Ops. She was
goddess of
agriculture, grain,
women, motherhood
and marriage; and
the lawgiver.
• Jupiter (Zeus) Supreme King of the gods.
• Juno (Hera) Queen of the gods.
• Minerva (Athena) Goddess of wisdom, arts,
trade and strategy.
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• Neptune (Poseidon) King of the oceans.
• Venus (Aphrodite) Queen of love.
• Mercury (Hermes) the messenger god.
• Vulcan (Hephaestus) the blacksmith god.
• Mars (Ares) the war god.
• Apollo (Apollo) the sun god.
• Diana (Artemis) the huntress god.
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