Greek Gods Family Tree / Genealogy. Ludios.org.
Image detail for -... Results 1 - 18 of about 209,000 for 12 Greek Gods and Goddesses. 3.bp.blogspot.com/_eXG1Sd8pfJI/S_fOdCPVUFI/AAAAAAAAASQ/aKxFG6LzvQg/s1600/family+tree.png. APHRODITE : Greek Goddess of Love & Beauty. APHRODITE was the great Olympian goddess of beauty, love, pleasure and and procreation.
She was depicted as a beautiful woman usually accompanied by the winged godling Eros (Love). Her attributes included a dove, apple, scallop shell and mirror. In classical sculpture and fresco she was often depicted nude. HERMES : Greek God of Herds, Trade & Athletics, Herald of the Gods. DIONYSUS : Greek God of Wine & Festivity. ATHENA : Greek Goddess of Wisdom, Crafts & War. Mythology, w/ pictures. HEPHAESTUS : Greek God of Fire & Metalworking. APOLLO : Greek God of Music, Healing & Prophecy. ARTEMIS : Greek Goddess of Hunting & the Wilderness. ARTEMIS was the great Olympian goddess of hunting, wilderness and wild animals.
She was also a goddess of childbirth, and the protectress of the girl child up to the age of marriage. Her twin brother Apollon was similarly the protector of the boy child. Together the two gods were also bringers of sudden death and disease--Artemis targetted women and girls, and Apollon men and boys. In ancient art Artemis was usually depicted as a girl dressed in a short knee-length chiton and equipped with a hunting bow and quiver of arrows. Some of the best known myths featuring the goddess include:-- This site contains a total of 15 pages describing the goddess, including general descriptions, mythology, and cult. Homeric Hymn 9 to Artemis (trans. HESTIA : Greek Goddess of the Hearth & Home. POSEIDON : Greek God of the Sea & Earthquakes. HERA : Greek Goddess of Marriage, Queen of Heaven.
ZEUS : Greek King of the Gods, God of Sky & Weather. HADES : Greek king of the underworld, god of the dead ; mythology ; pictures : HAIDES, PLUTO. PERSEPHONE : Greek queen of the underworld, goddess of spring ; mythology ; pictures : PROSERPINA. PERSEPHONE was the goddess queen of the underworld, wife of the god Haides.
She was also the goddess of spring growth, who was worshipped alongside her mother Demeter in the Eleusinian Mysteries. This agricultural-based cult promised its initiates passage to a blessed afterlife. Persephone was titled Kore (the Maiden) as the goddess of spring's bounty. Once upon a time when she was playing in a flowery meadow with her Nymph companions, Kore was seized by Haides and carried off to the underworld as his bride.
Her mother Demeter despaired at her dissappearance and searched for her the throughout the world accompanied by the goddess Hekate bearing torches. In other myths, Persephone appears exclusively as the queen of the underworld, receiving the likes of Herakles and Orpheus at her court. Persephone was usually depicted as a young goddess holding sheafs of grain and a flaming torch. Hesiod, Theogony 912 ff (trans. Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 1 ff (trans. Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 220 (trans. Persephone & Demeter (myth) - Ancient Greek & Roman Gods for Kids. Zeus, the king of all the gods, had two brothers and three sisters.
Each had an important job. His sister, Demeter, was in charge of the harvest. If Demeter did not do her job, the crops could die, and everyone would starve. It was important to keep Demeter happy. Everyone helped out with that - both gods and mortals. DEMETER : Greek Goddess of Agriculture & Grain.