He was King of the Gods -- and his marriage (to his sister!) did not prevent him from enjoying the life of a bachelor.
2. Hera =?
Answer: Juno
Wife of Zeus (Jupiter), she was known for her jealousy. Her bird was the peacock.
3. Hades = ?
Answer: Pluto
He ruled the underworld, where resided the souls of the dead; he was also a god of wealth. He married Persephone (Proserpina).
4. Poseidon = ?
Answer: Neptune
Brother to Zeus (Jupiter), he was the god of the sea.
5. Athena = ?
Answer: Minerva
Goddess of wisdom and patron of Odysseus, she sprang fully-formed from Zeus (Jupiter)'s head. (He'd eaten her mother, y'see.)
6. Hephaistos = ?
Answer: Vulcan
He was god of forges and blacksmiths, and kept his workshop in a volcano. Though he was crippled when his father Zeus (Jupiter) threw him from Mount Olympus for taking Hera (Juno)'s side in a domestic dispute, his wife Aphrodite (Venus)'s relationship with his brother Ares (Mars) hurt him the most.
7. Ares = ?
Answer: Mars
He was the foul-tempered god of war.
8. Aphrodite = ?
Answer: Venus
She was the goddess of love; she emerged from the sea on a beautiful shell, and was given to Hephaistos (Vulcan) by Zeus (Jupiter).
9. Hermes = ?
Answer: Mercury
Among the youngest Olympians, he was the messenger god as well as the god of thieves and travellers.
10. Apollo = ?
Answer: Apollo
Twin brother of Artemis (Diana), he was the god of light and music.
11. Dionysus = ?
Answer: Bacchus
God of wine and revelry, he is often depicted as accompanied by satyrs. His mother Semele perished after foolishly demanding to see his father Zeus (Jupiter) in all his glory. The Romans knew him both as Bacchus and as Liber - the latter may also have been the name of a god worshipped in Italy before the adoption and adaptation of the Greek religion. Thanks to Flitwick for bringing Liber to my attention!
12. Artemis = ?
Answer: Diana
She was goddess of the hunt and the moon.
13. Demeter = ?
Answer: Ceres
She was goddess of grain, the harvest and all things growing.
14. Hestia = ?
Answer: Vesta
She was goddess of the hearth; Rome's 'Vestal Virgins' honored her.
15. Eros = ?
Answer: Cupid
Aphrodite (Venus)'s son, he was the fellow so often depicted firing the arrows of love into besmitten people ...
16. Persephone = ?
Answer: Proserpina
Demeter (Ceres)'s daughter, she was kidnapped by Hades (Pluto) and made to marry him in the Underworld. Her mother complained to Zeus (Jupiter), and Hades was told to return his bride -- but she had eaten of the food of the dead (specifically, some pomegranate seeds), and so she could not return to the world of the living. Eventually a compromise was worked out whereby she spent six months of each year in each location.
In the summer she is home and Demeter's plants {rejoice;} in the winter, she is with Hades, and all the earth mourns.
17. Kronos (Cronus) = ?
Answer: Saturn
He was Zeus (Jupiter)'s father.
18. Helios = ?
Answer: Sol
He was the sun {god;} his son, Phaethon, took a tragic one-day ride in his chariot.
19. Eris = ?
Answer: Discordia
Not to be confused with Eros (Cupid), she is the goddess of strife and discord. She's the one who threw the golden apple in the midst of the goddesses, indirectly causing the Trojan War.
20. Erinyes = ?
Answer: Furiae
These are the three Furies (Alecto, Tisiphone, and Magaera), the vengeful punishers of all who do evil.
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