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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Pantheon

GREEK     (ROMAN)     Area

Gaea     (Terra)    mother earth, nourishes all life

Uranus    (Uranus)     ruler of the sky

Briareus     (--)     hundred-hand giant

Cyclopes     (--)     one-eyed metalsmith

Titans     (--)      immortals who ruled the universe before the gods

Cronus     (Saturn)     god of sky after Uranus, youngest Titan

Rhea     (Ops/Cybele)      goddess like Gaea

Helios    (Sol)    god of sun

Selene     (--)     goddess of moon

Oceanus      (Nereus)     god of the great river

Atlas    (--)      holds up the sky- strong

Themis    (--)     prophecy

Prometheus    (forethought)     creative, intelligent

Epimetheus       (afterthought)      husband of first mortal woman

Aphrodite     (Venus)     sexual desire/beauty

Zeus     (Jupiter, Jove)      god of sky after Cronus

Poseidon     (Neptune)      god of the sea

Hades     (Pluto)      god of the underworld

Hera    (Juno)       goddess of marriage/childbirth

Demeter      (Ceres)     goddess of grain

Hestia     (Vesta)       goddess of hearth

Apollo     (Phoebus Apollo)      medicine, poetry, archer

Artemis     (Diana)      hunt, moon, virgin

Ares     (Mars)      war

Athena      (Minerva)       weaving, wisdom

Hermes      (Mercury)        messenger of the gods

Persephone       (Proserpine)        underworld

Hephaestus        (Vulcan)       forge

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