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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Zeus | King of the Gods; symbol is lightening bolt; most powerful; God of heaven |
| Hera | Queen of the gods & heaven; wife of Zeus |
| Hades | God of the underworld; brother of Zeus; God of the dead |
| Poseidon | Zeus's other brother; god of the seas & oceans |
| Athena | Zeus's favorite child; goddess of wisdom & war; Athens is named after her; owl is symbol |
| Aphrodite | goddess of love & beauty; most beautiful of all the goddesses; married to Hephaestus |
| Hephaestus | married to Aphrodite; ugly god; god of fire & blacksmith |
| Dionysus | "party god" god of wine & theater; youngest of the gods |
| Apollo | sun god; gold bow and arrow; twins with Artemis |
| Artemis | twins with Apollo; goddess of the moon & hunt; very independent |
| Ares | god of war; meanest and most brutal of the gods; hated by the other gods & loves battle |
| Hermes | god of mischief; messenger for the gods because of his winged sandals |