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The Pantheons and
their Counterparts
Greek Pantheons
A. Titans
Zeus
-The most powerful of all, Zeus was
god of the sky and the king of
Olympus.
Hera
-goddess of marriage and the queen of
Olympus. She was Zeus's wife and
sister.
Apollo- the god Ares- the god of
Aphrodite- the
of music and war. He was both
Poseidon-god of Hades- king of goddess of love
healing. He was cruel and a
the sea. the dead. He and beauty, and
also an archer, coward
lived in the the protector of
and hunted with
underworld. sailors.
a silver bow
Artemis-the goddess Athena-the Hephaestus-the Hestia-the goddess Hermes-the
of the hunt and the goddess of god of fire and the of the hearth (a messenger god, a
protector of women wisdom. She was forge (a furnace in fireplace at the trickster, and a friend
in childbirth. also skilled in the which metal is center of the to thieves.
art of war. heated). home).
Demeter-the Dionysus- the
goddess of the god of wine,
harvest. which he
invented.
C. Other gods Then there
are the other types of
gods. There are:
Primordial deities, who
predate the Titans. These
include Nyx, the
personification of night,
and the primordial Chaos.
There are the Chthonic
deities who live
underground beyond the
River Styx. These include
(sometimes) Hades and
Hecate, the goddess of
witchcraft. And there are
personified concepts, such
as Nemesis (vengeance),
Eros/Cupid (lust), and
Nike (victory)
Roman Pantheons
Neptune- god of Juno – she was the
the sea. goddess of
marriage and
fertility. Sister of
Jupiter.