| 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 | |
