The Olympians
The Olympians
| Click on the group picture of The Olympians above for the individual deities (and the intruder Pan). The Greeks believed that these were the twelve gods that dwelled in the palace on Mount Olympus, from which they took their name. |
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12 Greek Gods & Their Relationship to Zeus | |
| GREEK NAME | ROMAN NAME |
| Zeus (zoose or zyoose) | Jove,Jupiter |
| Aphrodite (a-fro-DYE-tee), daughter by Dione | Venus |
| Apollo (uh-POL-oh), son by Leto | Apollo |
| Ares (AIR-eez), son by Hera | Mars |
| Artemis (AR-ti-mis), twin sister to Apollo | Diana |
| Athena (a-THEE-nuh), daughter by Metis | Minerva |
| Demeter (dee-MEE-tur), sister | Ceres |
| Dionysus (dye-oh-NYE-sus or dye-oh-NI-she-us), son by Semele | Bacchus |
| Hephaestus(he-FESS-tus or he-FEE-stus), son by Hera | Vulcan |
| Hera (HEE-ruh or HER-uh), sister and wife | Juno |
| Hermes (HUR-meez), son by Maia | Mercury |
| Poseidon (puh-SYE-dun or poh-SYE-dun), brother | Neptune |
