Olympian gods Greek The 12 (sometimes 13) major deities who lived atop Mount Olympus; the primary gods of the Greek pantheon of classical Greece.
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Olympian gods Greek The 12 (sometimes 13) major deities who lived atop Mount Olympus; the primary gods of the Greek pantheon of classical Greece. Here they are listed in alphabetical order, with their attributes, and their Roman names opposite. Greek names R oman names Aphrodite (love and beauty) Venus Apollo (music; poetry) Apollo Ares (war) Mars Artemis (Moon and Diana hunting) Athene (wisdom) Minerva Demeter (fertility; Ceres corn goddess) Hades* (underworld) Pluto Hephaestus (fire; blacksmith) Vulcan Hera (marriage; women) Juno Hermes (messenger; Mercury commerce; travelers; rogues) Hestia (hearth) Vesta Poseidon (ocean; Neptune earthquakes) Zeus (light; the heavens) Jupiter * Since Hades did not live on Mount Olympus, he is not always counted as an Olympian.
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- Lotus-Eaters (Loto phagi) Greek In Homer's Odyssey, people who lived on the fruit or the roots of the lotus plant.
- Rhea (Earth) Greek A Titan, the mother of the great ruling gods of Olympus.
- Nemesis Greek Goddess of vengeance; personification of the wrath of the gods toward those who had hubris, a Greek word meaning exaggerated pride in one's achievements or good fortune.
- pantheon Greek and Roman In mythology, pantheon refers to all the gods of a people, particularly those considered to be the most prominent or most powerful.
- Poseidon Greek Sea god and one of the Olympian gods; son of Cronus and Rhea; brother of Zeus, Hades, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia; husband The Roman goddess Pomona displays her fruits of plenty in the painting by French artist Nicholas Fouche (1653-1733).