| Greek God |
Relationship |
Role |
Attribute |
Roman Counterpart |
| Zeus |
husband and brother of Hera |
King and father of gods, sky. |
Thunderbolt, eagle. |
Jupiter |
| Hera |
wife and sister of Zeus |
Queen and mother of gods; women, marriage, maternity. |
veil, cuckoo, pomegranate, peacock |
Juno |
| Athena |
Daughter of Zeus, but not of Hera. Sprung from the head of Zeus fully-formed. |
war (strategy), wisdom, weaving, protector of Athens |
Owl, Armor, shield, gorgoneion (head of Medusa on breast plate) |
Minerva |
| Ares |
son of Hera and Zeus |
war, strife, blind courage |
Armor |
Mars |
| Aphrodite |
Homer: daughter of Zeus and Dione (a Titan);Hesiod: she sprung from the sea foam that formed around the severed genitals of Uranus. |
love, beauty |
Cupid, Eros (her son) |
Venus |
| Apollo |
son of Zeus and Leto (daughter of the Titans Coeüs and Pheobe); brother of Artemis |
solar light, reason, prophecy, medicine, music |
lyre, bow, quiver |
Phoebus |
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