2. GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Greek mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient
Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins
and significance of their own cult and ritual practices.
4. Zues Hera
• Supreme god of the
Olympians, Zeus was
the father of Perseus
and Heracles, the
latter of whom once
wrestled him to a
draw. Zeus was the
youngest son of
the Titans Cronus and
Rhea. When he was
born, his
father Cronus intende
d to swallow him as he
had all of Zeus's
siblings: Poseidon,
Hades, Hestia,
Demeter and Hera.
• (Roman name:
Juno), wife of Zeus and
queen of the ancient
Greek gods, represented
the ideal woman and was
goddess of marriage and
the family. However, she
was perhaps most
famous for her jealous
and vengeful nature,
principally aimed against
the lovers of
her husband and their
illegitimate offspring.
5. Posiedon Demeter
• Poseidon was a
brother of Zeus,
the sky god and
chief deity of
ancient Greece,
and of Hades, god
of the underworld.
When the three
brothers deposed
their father, the
kingdom of the sea
fell by lot to
Poseidon. His
weapon and main
symbol was the
trident, perhaps
once a fish spear.
• Demeter. Demeter, in
Greek
religion, daughter of
the deities
Cronus and Rhea,
sister and consort of
Zeus (the king of the
gods), and goddess of
agriculture. Her name
indicates that she is a
mother.
6. Ares Athena
• Greek God of
War. Ares is
the god of war,
one of the Twelve
Olympian gods an
d the son of Zeus
and Hera. In
literature Ares rep
resents the violent
and physical
untamed aspect of
war, which is in
contrast to Athena
who represents
military strategy
and generalship as
the goddess of
intelligence.
• Goddess of
wisdom, war and
the crafts, and
favourite daughter
ofZeus, Athena
was, perhaps, the
wisest, most
courageous, and
certainly the most
resourceful of the
Olympian gods.
7. Apollo Artemis
• The ideal of the
kouros (a
beardless, athletic
youth), Apollo has
been variously
recognized as a
god of music,
truth and
prophecy, healing,
the sun and light,
plague, poetry,
and more. Apollo
is the son of Zeus
and Leto, and has
a twin sister, the
chaste
huntress Artemis.
• Artemis is known as
the goddess of
the hunt and is one
of the most
respected of all the
ancient Greek
deities. It is thought
that her name, and
even the goddess
herself, may even be
pre-Greek. She was
the daughter
of Zeus, king of the
gods, and
the Titaness
Leto and she has
a twin brother, the
god Apollo.
8. Hephaestus Aphrodite
• (he-FEE-stus or he-
FESS-tus; Roman
name Vulcan) was the
lame god of fire and
crafts or the two
together, hence of
blacksmiths.
Hephaestus was the
son of Zeus and
Hera or, in some
accounts,
of Hera alone. He
limped because he
was born lame, which
caused his mother to
throw him off Mount
Olympus.
• Aphrodite, ancient
Greek goddess of
sexual love and
beauty, identified
with Venus by
the Romans. The
Greek
word aphrosmeans
“foam,”
and Hesiod relates
in his Theogony that
Aphrodite was born
from the white
foam produced by
the severed genitals
of Uranus (Heaven),
after his
son Cronus threw
them into the sea.
9. Hermes Dionysus
• (/ˈhɜːrmiːz/;
Greek: Ἑρμῆς) is
an Olympian god
in Greek religion
and mythology,
the son
of Zeus and
the Pleiad Maia,
and the second
youngest of the
Olympian gods
(Dionysus being
the youngest).
Hermes was the
emissary and
messenger of the
gods.
• (/daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs/;
Greek:
Διόνυσος
Dionysos) is
thegod of the
grape harvest,
winemaking and
wine, of ritual
madness,
fertility, theatre
and religious
ecstasy in
ancient Greekrel
igion and myth.
10. Hades Hypnos
• the god of the
underworld, was a
son of the Titans
Cronus and Rhea. He
had three sisters,
Demeter, Hestia, and
Hera, as well as two
brothers, Poseidon a
nd Zeus, the
youngest of the
three.
• is the son of Nyx ("The
Night") and Erebus ("The
Darkness"). His brother
is Thanatos ("Death").
Both siblings live in the
underworld (Hades) or in
Erebus, another valley of
the Greek underworld.
According to rumors,
Hypnos lives in a big
cave, which the
river Lethe ("Forgetfulne
ss") comes from and
where night and day
meet. His bed is made of
ebony, on the entrance
of the cave grow a
number of poppies and
other hypnotic plants.
11. Nike Janus
• the goddess of
victory in Greek
mythology,
depicted as
having wings,
hence her
alternative name
"Winged
Goddess". She
was the daughter
of the Titan
Pallas and the
goddess Styx,
sister of Kratos
(power), Bia
(Force)
and Zelus (zeal).
• the god of
beginnings and
transitions,
thence also
of gates, doors,
doorways,
endings and time.
He is usually a
two-faced god
since he looks to
the future and
the past.
The Romans dedi
cated the month
of January to
Janus.
