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    The 12 Olympians Agnes

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    The document summarizes Greek and Roman mythology regarding the Olympian gods. It explains that the Olympians, led by Zeus, overthrew the Titans and became the rulers of the world. It then provides details on the 12 major Olympian gods: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Ares, Hermes, Hestia, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Hephaestus, and either Hades or Dionysus. For each god, it mentions their domain, family relations, symbols, and Roman equivalent names.

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    The document summarizes Greek and Roman mythology regarding the Olympian gods. It explains that the Olympians, led by Zeus, overthrew the Titans and became the rulers of the world. It then provides details on the 12 major Olympian gods: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Ares, Hermes, Hestia, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Hephaestus, and either Hades or Dionysus. For each god, it mentions their domain, family relations, symbols, and Roman equivalent names.

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    OLYMPIANS

    Mythology
    What is “Olympia?”
    • In Greek/ Roman
    Mythology, Mount
    Olympus is the
    meeting place and
    “home” of the major
    players.

    • It is unsure of
    whether or not Mt.
    Olympus is in
    heaven or
    somewhere on
    earth.
    Mt. Olympus
    • The Greeks also
    named the
    highest peek in
    the mountains
    (between
    Thessalonica and
    Macedonia) Mt.
    Olympus.
    The Olympian gods
    The Olympian gods or Olympians
    are younger gods who got the name
    after their mythical place Mount
    Olympus. They had gained rank as
    the rulers of the world after
    dethroning the elder gods, known
    also as the Titans, in a ten-year war
    called Titanomachy.
    ELDER GENERATION OF GODS

    Chronus and Rhea

    Demeter Hades Hestia

    Hera Poseidon Zeus


    Second generation of Olympian gods

    Aphrodite Hermes Apollo


    (Titans
    Hephaestu
    generation) s

    Athena Dionysus Ares Artemis


    Why “Olympians?”
    • These 12 gods and goddesses are
    considered “Olympians” because
    they reside on Mt. Olympus.

    • The 12 Olympians were the


    major gods and goddesses with
    prominent roles in Greek
    mythology.

    • Some of the major Olympians


    spent most of their time
    elsewhere. Poseidon lived in the
    sea and Hades in the
    Underworld.
    So, who are the 12?
    • Various sources report up to 20 different
    names, but the majority of texts concur
    that these are the 12:
    gods goddesses
    Zeus Hera
    Poseidon Demeter
    Apollo Artemis
    Ares Athena
    Hermes Aphrodite
    Hephaestus Hestia
    (Hades?)  in underworld
    Zeus
    • King of the gods, mortals, and
    weather

    • Roman Name: Jupiter

    • Symbol: Thunder Bolt

    • Either raped or married


    numerous goddesses and
    mortals
    Hera
    • Queen of gods, marriage
    and birth

    • Daughter of Cronus and


    Rhea (Zeus’ sister and
    wife)

    • Roman Name: Juno

    • Zeus constantly cheated


    on her, and she was
    always jealous
    Poseidon
    • God of the sea,
    earthquakes, horses

    • Brother to Zeus and


    Hera

    • Roman Name: Neptune

    • Symbols: dolphins,
    tridents, fish spears
    Hermes
    • Messenger of the gods
    (guides souls of the dead
    to the underworld)

    • God of land travel,


    literature and poetry 
    he’s swift and athletic

    • Son of Zeus and a nymph

    • Roman Name: Mercury


    Hestia
    • Goddess of hearth and
    home

    • Zeus’ oldest sister

    • Wooed by Poseidon but


    swore to remain a virgin

    • Roman Name: Vesta


    (temple built for her in
    the Forum)
    Athena
    • Goddess of wisdom, war,
    arts and justice

    • Zeus’ favorite child

    • Companion: goddess of
    victory, Nike

    • Symbol: owl

    • Roman Name: Minerva


    Ares
    • God of war and battle

    • Son of Zeus and Hera

    • Merciless and bloody; not


    liked by even his father (he
    supported the Trojans in the
    Trojan war?)

    • Accompanied on battlefield
    by: Phobos (fear) and Deimos
    (terror)  sons?
    Demeter
    • Goddess of fertility and
    agriculture (fruit, grains)
    and seasons

    • Zeus’ sister

    • Mother of Persephone

    • Roman Name: Ceres


    Apollo
    • God of sun, archery, healing
    medicine, music (lyre), and dance

    • Son of Zeus and twin brother of


    Artemis

    • Father of Asclepius (god of


    healing and medicine) whose
    symbol is the wand

    • Roman Name: Apollo


    Artemis

    • Goddess of the hunt, wild


    animals, fertility, and moon

    • Often identified with Selene


    (goddess of the moon)

    • Roman Name: Diana

    • Symbols: crescent moon


    above her head
    Hephaestus
    • God of fire and
    blacksmiths

    • Son of Zeus and Hera (yet


    Zeus wasn’t involved)

    • Roman Name: Vulcan (god


    of volcanoes)

    • Born weak and crippled

    • Husband of Aphrodite who


    cheated on him with Ares
    Aphrodite
    • Goddess of love, beauty and sex

    • When Cronus castrated his father


    Uranus, he threw his genitals into
    the sea and thus Aphrodite was
    born of the “foam”

    • Aphrodisiac Festival: sex and


    libido increasers

    • Son: Eros
    • Roman Name: Venus

    • Symbols: dolphin, swan,


    pomegranate

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