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MAT gods
Question | Answer |
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Aphrodite's Roman Counterpart | Venus |
Apollo's Roman Counterpart | Apollo |
Ares' Roman Counterpart | Mars |
Artemis' Roman Counterpart | Diana |
Cronus' Roman Counterpart | Saturn |
Demeter's Roman counterpart | Ceres |
Dionysus' Roman counterpart | Bacchus |
Eros' Roman counterpart | Cupid |
Hades' Roman counterpart | Pluto |
Hera's Roman counterpart | Juno |
Heracles' Roman counterpart | Hercules |
Hermes' Roman counterpart | Mercury |
Clio | Muse of history |
Euterpe | Muse of the flute |
Thalia | Muse of comedy |
Melpomene | Muse of tragedy |
Terpsichore | Muse of lyric poetry and dance |
Erato | Muse of love poetry |
Polyhymnia | muse of mimic art |
Urania | Muse of astronomy |
Calliope | Muse of epic poetry and eloquence |
Persephone's Roman counterpart | Proserpina |
Poseidon's Roman counterpart | Neptune |
Zeus' Roman counterpart | Jupiter |
Zeus | Supreme god. Unites in himself all attributes of divinity. Ruled according to fate and his own will. Lived on Mt. Olympus |
Tritons | Strange sea creatures, half men, half fish, with scales, sharp teeth, claws, fins, and forked tales. Hedonistic and lascivious. |
Titans | First divine race. Ultimately honored as ancestors of the first humans. Invented the arts and magic. |
Theseus | Not a god, but a hero. Son of a mortal woman, a mortal man and Poseidon. |
Sirens | Sea monsters with bird's bodes and women's heads. Sang sweetly to lure travelers and kill them. |
Satyrs | Half goat, half men. Part of the retinue of Dionysus. Represented the elementary spirits of the forest and mountains. |
Prometheus | Created humans from earth and water. Though a titan, lived on Mt. Olympus. |
Poseidon | God of the sea. Personification of water-god of vegetation and fecundity. Son of Cronus. |
Perseus | Son of a mortal woman and Zeus. Killed Medusa and Andromeda. |
Persephone | Daughter of Demeter and wife of Hades. Is associated with seasons of the year and myths of regeneration |
Pan | Son of Hermes. Half man, half goat. god of woods and pastures, protector of shepherds and flocks |
Pandora | First woman. Created by all divinities. unleashed terrible afflictions on the earth. |
Orpheus | Son of Apollo. Sang and played the lyre. Performed miracles on the voyage of the Argonauts. |
Orion | Giant, son of mother earth. Dog named Sirius. Banished to live in the sky now a constellation |
Oedipus | Son of King of Thebes. Killed his father and married his mom cause him to be blind. solved the riddle of the sphinx. |
Hermes | God of travelers. conducted souls to the underworld. God of commerce and profit. Son of Zeus and Maia. |
Hera | Zeus' wife. Presided over all stages of feminine existence. Marriage and maternity. Idealized wife. |
Helen | Wife of Menelaus but in love with Paris. Her beauty started the trojan war. |
Hades | God of the underworld. Invisible, god of buried treasure and agricultural wealth. |
Eros | Youngest god. Armed with bow and arrow to make people fall in love if hit by them. Son of Aphrodite. |
Dionysus | God of win and pleasure. Son of Zeus |
Demeter | Goddess of earth and the underworld. Reps motherhood and fertile, cultivated soil |
Cronus | Son of titans. Married his sister Rhea. Daughters-Hestia, Demeter, Hera. Sons-Poseidon, Zeus, Hades |
Charybdis | Dwelt in the sicilian sea as the Sirens. Daughter of Poseidon and east. Whirlpool that swallowed ships |
Scylla | Beautiful woman was changed into a monster with 6 ugly heads. |
Athena | Warrior goddess, goddess of arts of peace and prudent intelligence. Zeus' daughter |
Artemis | Agricultural deity. Goddess of the chase and of the forest. Archer. Apollo's twin. Assoc. moonlight. |
Ares | God of war,. Son of Zeus and Hera. |
Apollo | Sun-god. God of light. Cultivated and protected crops. Assoc. with music. Archer. |
Aphrodite | Goddess of love. Essence of feminine beauty. |