Hesiod dionysus hades12/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Stories about Hephaestus show him as the lame, cuckolded husband of Aphrodite.Ī marriage goddess and the wife of the king of the gods, Zeus.Ī many-talented messenger of the gods and sometimes a trickster god and god of commerce. He is a fire and blacksmith god for both. The Roman version of this god's name was lent to a geological phenomenon and he required frequent pacification. Pluto is the conventional Roman name and you might use it for a trivia question, but really Pluto, a god of wealth, is the equivalent of a Greek god of wealth called Dis. He is married to Demeter's daughter, whom he abducted. While he was the king of the Underworld, he was not the god of death. Demeter is associated with an important religious cult, the Eleusian mysteries. She helped many of the great heroes.Ī fertility and mother goddess associated with cultivation of grain. She was a virgin goddess of wisdom and crafts, associated with warfare as her wisdom led to strategic planning. In general, she is full of contradictions. Although she hunted, she could also be the animals' protector. Although a virgin goddess, she assisted in childbirth. In her case, the moon in her brother's, the sun. Like her brother, she is often combined with the deity in charge of a celestial body. The sister of Apollo, she was a hunting goddess. On the other hand, he was admired by the Romans, where he was associated with fertility as well as the military, and a very important deity. ![]() The god of war for both Romans and Greeks, but so destructive he was not much loved by the Greeks, even though Aphrodite loved him. The famous, beautiful love goddess, the one awarded the apple of Discord that was instrumental in the start of the Trojan War and for the Romans, the mother of the Trojan hero Aeneas.īrother of Artemis/Diana, shared by Romans and Greeks alike. ![]()
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