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MAT gods
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |