Twelve Olympians

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Classical Olympians

Greek Name	Roman Name	Statue	God(dess) Of...	Generation
Zeus Zeus Zeus in Greek mythology is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky father and List of thunder gods. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull , and oak....	Jupiter Jupiter (mythology) In Roman mythology, Jupiter or Jove was the king of the gods,and the god of sky and thunder. He is the equivalent of Zeus in the Greek pantheon....		King of the Gods and ruler of Mount Olympus; god of the sky, thunder, and justice.	First
Hera Hera In the Twelve Olympians of classical Greek Mythology, Hera or Here was the wife and older sister of Zeus. Her chief function was as goddess of women and marriage....	Juno Juno (mythology) File:Juno sospita pushkin.jpgJuno was an Roman religion, the protector and special counselor of the state. She is a daughter of Saturn and sister of the chief god Jupiter and the mother of Juventas, Mars , and Vulcan ....		Queen of the Gods and of the heavens; goddess of women, marriage, and motherhood.	First
Poseidon Poseidon In Greek mythology, Poseidon was the god of the sea and, as "Earth-Shaker," of earthquakes. The name of the god Nethuns in Etruscan mythology was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon....	Neptune Neptune (mythology) Neptune is the Water deity in Roman mythology, a brother of Jupiter and Pluto . He is analogous with but not identical to the god Poseidon of Greek mythology.....		Lord of the Sea; god of the seas, earthquakes, created horses.	First
Demeter Demeter File:Demeter in horse chariot w daughter kore 83d40m wikiC Tempio Y di Selinunte sec VIa.JPGDemeter , in Greek mythology, is the Goddess of cereal and fertility, the pure....	Ceres Ceres (mythology) | Image = Ceres_statue.jpg| Caption = This statue depicting Ceres holding wheat is on display at the Louvre in Paris, France.| Name = Ceres| God_of = Goddess of growing plants and motherly love...		Goddess of fertility, agriculture, nature, and the seasons.	First
Hestia Hestia In Greek mythology, virginal Hestia, daughter of Cronus and Rhea , is the goddess of the hearth, of the right ordering of domesticity and the family, who received the first offering at every sacrifice in the household....	Vesta Vesta (mythology) Vesta was the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman mythology. Although she is often mistaken as analogous to Hestia in Greek mythology, she had a large, albeit mysterious, role in Roman religion long before she appeared in Greece....		Goddess of the hearth and home (left so Dionysus could be in the twelve).	First
Aphrodite Aphrodite Aphrodite is the classical Greek mythology goddess of love, sex, and beauty. According to Greek oral poet Hesiod, she was born when Uranus was castrated by his son Cronus....	Venus Venus (mythology) Venus was a major Roman mythology goddess principally associated with love, beauty and sexual reproduction, the equivalent of the Greek mythology Aphrodite....		Goddess of love, beauty, desire, and fertility.	Second
Apollo Apollo In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Apollo , is one of the most important and many-sided of the Twelve Olympians. The ideal of the kouros , Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more....	Apollo Apollo In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Apollo , is one of the most important and many-sided of the Twelve Olympians. The ideal of the kouros , Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more....		The Sun God; god of light, healing, music, poetry, prophecy, archery and truth.	Second
Ares Ares In Greek mythology, Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera. Though often referred to as the Twelve Olympians God of warfare, he is more accurately the god of bloodlust, or slaughter personified: "Ares is apparently an ancient abstract noun meaning throng of battle, war."...	Mars Mars (mythology) Mars was the Roman mythology warrior God , the son of Juno and Jupiter , husband of Bellona , and the lover of Venus . He was the most prominent of the military gods that were worshipped by the Roman legions....		God of war, frenzy, hatred, and bloodshed.	Second
Artemis Artemis In Greek mythology, Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of forests and hills, child birth/virginity/fertility, the hunt and was often depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows.....	Diana Diana (mythology) In Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunting, being associated with wild animals and woodland, and also of the moon. In literature she was the Greek deities and their Roman and Etruscan counterparts of the Greek mythology Artemis, though in Cult she was Italy, not Greek, in origin....		Goddess of the hunt, of maidens, and the moon.	Second
Athena Athena In Greek mythology, Athena is the shrewd companion of Hero and the goddess of Hero endeavour. She is the virgin patron of Athens, which built the Parthenon to worship her....	Minerva Minerva Minerva was the Roman mythology name of Greek goddess Athena. She was considered to be the virgin goddess of warriors, poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving,crafts, and the inventor of music....		Goddess of wisdom, crafts, and strategic battle.	Second
Hephaestus Hephaestus Hephaestus was a Greek god whose Roman equivalent was Vulcan . He was the god of technology, blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculpture, metals, metallurgy, Fire and volcanoes....	Vulcan Vulcan (mythology) In Religion in ancient Rome and Hellenic neopaganism, Vulcan is the god of beneficial and hindering fire, including the fire of volcanoes. He is also called Mulciber in Roman mythology and Sethlans in Etruscan mythology....		Blacksmith to the Gods; god of fire and the forges.	Second
Hermes Hermes Hermes is the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology. An Twelve Olympians, he is also the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of thieves and road travelers, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures, of invention, of general commerce, and of the cunni...	Mercury Mercury (mythology) In Roman mythology, Mercury was a messenger, and a god of trade, profit and commerce, the son of Maia Maiestas, also known as Ops, the Roman version of Cronus, and Jupiter ....		Messenger of the Gods; god of commerce, speed, thieves, and trade.	Second

Other definitions

• Alpheus - A river-god.
• Asklepios - God of medicine and healing.
• the Charites
  Charites
  
  In Greek mythology, a Charis is one of several Charites , goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility. They ordinarily numbered three, from youngest to oldest: Aglaea , Euphrosyne , and Thalia ....
   - Goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility.
• Cronus
  Cronus
  
  Cronus or Kronos, , was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titan , divine descendants of Gaia , the earth, and Uranus , the sky....
   - Titan; father of Zeus.
• Dionysus
  Dionysus
  
  In classical mythology, Dionysus or Dionysos , is the God of wine, the inspirer of ritual madness and ecstasy, and a major figure of Greek mythology, and one of the twelve Olympians, among whom Greek mythology treated Dionysus as a late arrival....
   - God of wine, parties, and merriment (Became an Olympian when Hestia left).
• Hades
  Hades
  
  Hades refers both to the ancient Greek underworld, the abode of Hades, and to the god of the underworld. Hades in Homer referred just to the god; the genitive case , Haidou, was an elision to denote locality: "[the house/dominion] of Hades"....
   - Lord of the Dead; god of the Underworld and earthly (gems and precious metals) wealth.
• Hebe
  Hebe (mythology)
  
  In Greek mythology, Hebe is the goddess of youth . She is the daughter of Zeus and Hera. H?b? was the cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ambrosia, until she was married to Heracles ; her successor was the young Troy prince Ganymede ....
   - Goddess of youth, and cupbearer.
• Helios
  Helios
  
  Helios is the god of sun.In Greek mythology the sun was personified as Helios . Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion , while Hesiod and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia or Euryphaessa and brother of the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn....
   - Titan; Personification of the Sun.
• Heracles
  Heracles
  
  In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles meaning "glory of Hera", or "Glorious through Hera" Alcides or Alcaeus " was a hero, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus....
   - Greatest hero of the Greek myths.
• Persephone
  Persephone
  
  In Greek mythology, Persephone was the embodiment of the Earth's fertility at the same time that she was the Queen of the Greek Underworld, the kore , and the parthenogenesis daughter of Demeter and, in later Classical myths, a daughter of Demeter and Zeus....
   - Goddess of the spring and death, daughter of Demeter.
• Rhea
  Rhea (mythology)
  
  This page is about the Greek mythological figure. For the bird, see Rhea .Rhea was the Titan daughter of Ouranos , the sky, and Gaia , the earth, in Classical Greece mythology....
   - Titaness; mother of Zeus.

Close to the Olympians

• Bia
  Bia (mythology)
  
  In Greek mythology, Bia was the personification of force, daughter of Pallas and Styx . She was the sister of Nike , Cratos, and Zelus; she and her siblings were constant companions of Zeus....
   - Personification of violence.
• Cratos
  Cratos
  
  In Greek mythology, Cratos was a son of Pallas and Styx , and he was the personification of strength and power. Cratos and his siblings, Nike , Bia and Zelus , were all companions of Zeus....
   - Personification of power.
• Dione
  Dione (mythology)
  
  Dione in Greek mythology is a vague goddess presence who has her most concrete form in Book V of Homer's Iliad as the mother of Aphrodite who lived among the mortals was known for her kindness....
   - Mother of Aphrodite by Zeus.
• Eileithyia - Goddess of childbirth; daughter of Hera and Zeus.
• Eos
  Eos
  
  Eos is, in Greek mythology, the Titan goddess of the dawn, who rose from her home at the edge of Oceanus, the Ocean that surrounds the world, to herald her brother Helios, the sun....
   - Personification of Dawn.
• Eris
  Eris (mythology)
  
  Eris is the Greek mythology goddess of strife, her name being translated into Latin as Discordia. Her Greek opposite is Harmonia , whose Latin counterpart is Concordia ....
   - Goddess of Discord.
• Eros - God of lust and desire.
• Ganymede
  Ganymede (mythology)
  
  In Greek mythology, Ganymede, or Ganymedes is a divine hero whose homeland was the Troad. He was a Troy prince, son of the eponym Tros of Dardania, and of Callirrhoe , and brother of Ilus and Assaracus....
    - Cupbearer of the gods palace at Olympus.
• Horae
  Horae
  
  In Greek mythology, the Horai, Latinized Horae were three goddesses controlling orderly life. They were daughters of Zeus and Themis, half-sisters to the Moirae....
   - Wardens of Olympus.
• Iris
  Iris (mythology)
  
  In Greek mythology, Iris is the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods. As the sun unites Earth and heaven, Iris links the gods to humanity....
   - Personification of the Rainbow, also the messenger of Olympus along with Hermes.
• Leto
  Leto
  
  In Greek mythology, Let? is a daughter of the Titan Coeus and Phoebe : Kos claimed her birthplace. In the Olympian scheme of things, Zeus is the father of her twins, Apollo and Artemis, the Letoides....
   - Titaness; the mother of Apollo and Artemis.
• Morpheus
  Morpheus (mythology)
  
  Morpheus is the Greek mythology God of dreams.Morpheus has the ability to take any human's form and appear in dreams. He is the son or brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep....
   - God of Dreams.
• Muse
  Muse
  
  File:Muse reading Louvre CA2220.jpgThe Muses in Greek mythology, poetry, and literature are the goddesses or spirits who inspire the creation of literature and the arts....
  s - Nine ladies of science and arts.
• Nemesis
  Nemesis (mythology)
  
  Nemesis , also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia , at her sanctuary at Rhamnous, north of Marathon, Greece, in Greek mythology was the spirit of divine punitive justice against those who succumb to hubris, vengeful fate personified as a remorseless goddess....
   - Greek goddess of retribution and revenge.
• Nike
  Nike (mythology)
  
  In Greek mythology, Nike , was a goddess who personified triumph throughout the ages of the ancient Greek culture. The Roman equivalent was Victoria ....
   - Goddess of victory.
• Pan
  Pan (mythology)
  
  Pan , in Ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, is the companion of the nymphs, god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music....
   - God of the wild, shepherds, nature, and animals.
• Paean
  Paean
  
  Paean is a term used to describe a type of triumphal or grateful song, usually choral though sometimes individual. It comes from the ancient Greek pa??? "song of triumph, any solemn song or chant" and it was also used as the name for the physician of the Greek gods and as an epithet of Apollo....
   - Universal healer.
• Perseus
  Perseus
  
  Perseus , the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Mycenae there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding myths in the cult of the Twelve Olympians....
   - Zeus' son, one of the greatest heroes in all of Greek mythology.
• Selene
  Selene
  
  Selene is the Titan goddess of the moon.In Greek mythology, Selene was an archaic lunar deity and the daughter of the Titan Hyperion and Theia....
   - Titaness; Personification of the Moon.
• Zelus
  Zelus
  
  In Greek mythology, Zelus was the son of Pallas and Styx . Zelus and siblings Nike , Cratos and Bia were angel who stood in attendance at Zeus' throne and formed part of his retinue....
   - Emulation.

See also

• Ancient Greek religion
  Ancient Greek religion
  
  Greek religion encompasses the collection of beliefs and rituals practiced in ancient Greece in the form of both popular public religion and cult ....
  
• Family tree of the Greek gods
  Family tree of the Greek gods
  
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• Greek mythology
  Greek mythology
  
  Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
  
• List of Greek mythological characters
• Supreme Council of Ethnikoi Hellenes
  Supreme Council of Ethnikoi Hellenes
  
  The Supreme Council of Ethnikoi Hellenes , commonly known as YSEE, is an umbrella organisation in Greece established in 1997 to defend and restore the ethnic, polytheism, Hellenic tradition, religion and way in contemporary Greek society....
  
• Dii Consentes
  Dii Consentes
  
  The Dii Consentes were the twelve major deities in the Pantheon of Ancient Rome. They were listed by the poet Ennius about the 3rd Century, B.C.E....
   (its equivalent on the pantheon of Ancient Rome)

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