Mount Olympus

When the world was first divides in three Zeus received the sky, Poseidon received the sea, and

Hades received the night and underworld.

Zeus Ruler of Mount Olympus, god of sky and thunder. His

symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull and the oak. Youngest of his siblings Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, and

Hestia. Also married to Hera. And has a statue in Olympia.

Hera Wife and older sister of Zeus. Her chief function was as

goddess of marriage. She was identified as the upper air

Poseidon

God of the sea, as well as of horses and earthquakes. Sailors

prayed to Poseidon for a safe voyage, sometimes drowning

horses as a sacrifice. When offended or ignored, he struck

the ground with his trident and caused chaotic springs,

earthquakes, and shipwrecks.

Demeter

Goddess of grain and fertility, the pure nourisher of the youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law.

Frequently associated with images of the harvest, including flowers, fruit, and grain.

Hestia

The virgin goddess. Also the goddess of the hearth, the right

ordering of domesticity and the family. She received the

first offering at every sacrifice in the household.

Aphrodite Greek goddess of love and beauty. Associated with

dolphins, doves, swans, pomegranates and lime trees. Married to Hephaestus.

Apollo

God of the Sun and Music. Considered to have

dominance over plague, light, healing, medicine, prophecy,

dance, reason and intellectualism.

Ares

Son of Zeus and Hera also Athena’s half brother. Olympian

god of war, or more accurately the god of savage war, and

slaughter.

Artemis

Daughter of Zeus and twin sister of Apollo. She was

worshipped as a fertility/childbirth goddess in many places

since, according to some myths, she assisted her mother in

the delivery of her twin

Athena Daughter of Zeus. Armed warrior goddess, and appears in Greek

mythology as a helper of many heroes, including Heracles, Jason, and Odysseus.

Hephaestus

God of technology, blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals

and metallurgy, and fire. He was worshipped in all the manufacturing

and industrial centers of Greece, especially Athens. Ares was his

brother and Hera was their mother. Married to Aphrodite.

Hermes

Messenger from the gods to humans, the inventor of fire.

Escort for the dead to help them find their way to the

afterlife. He was the son of Zeus. Hermes' symbols were

the rooster and the tortoise. Recognized by his purse or

pouch, winged sandals, and winged cap.

People worshiped these gods so much that they even made temples in their honor. Such as the Parthenon located in

Athens in honor of Athena.

The temple of Ares.

The Temple of Hephaestus located near

the Athens Agora, or marketplace.

And finally the statue of Zeus in Olympia.