Atlas

Atlas is a Titan.His symbol is a man holding a giant globe.Atlas’ Roman name, is ironically, Atlas.

Atlas’ Family

Atlas’ dad is IapetosAtlas’ mom is KlymeneAtlas’ children are the Pleiades, the

Hyades, Hyas, Kalypso, Maira, Dione, and the Hesperides.

Fun Facts About Atlas

Atlas holds up the HeavensHe ruled the city of ArcadiaAtlas was the Commander of The Titans in

the Titanomachy, because Cronos was too old, and couldn’t fight, so Atlas took over.

Atlas’ Myth

“In the revolt of the Titans against the Gods of the Olympic, Atlas stormed the heavens and Zeus punished him for his deed by condemning him to forever bear the heavens upon his shoulders. Hence his name, which means ‘bearer’ or ‘endurer’”. (Pantheon)

APHRODITE

Goddess of love, beauty, and sexual rapture.

Aphrodite's Family Aphrodite’s father is

Uranus(The Sky)

She didn’t have a mom

She was married to Hephaistos, God of metalworking

She had one son Aeneas, Hero of Dardaneia

Fun Facts1. She was born when Uranus was castrated by

his son Cronus and he threw the severed genitals into the sea, they began to foam and she arose out of the foam.

2. She has a festival called Aphrodisiac, which is celebrated in various centers of Greece.

3. Her priestesses were not prostitutes but women who represented her and sexual intercourse with them was considered just one of the ways of worship.

Aphrodite’s Roman Name

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Myth of the Trojan War It all started when Eris, the goddess of discord, realized that she had not been

invited to the marriage of the King Peleus, with the sea Nymph Thetis; a marriage that took place in the Mountain of Pelion in Thessaly (Central Greece).

Eris was so furious about her exclusion that she decided to go to the wedding and throw a golden apple, the fruit of temptation, to the banquet table. The apple was supposed to go out to the fairest one.

Three goddesses claimed the beautiful golden apple: Hera, the goddess of Marriage, Athena, the goddess of Wisdom and Aphrodite, the beautiful goddess of Love. Zeus had a hard time to decide, since all three were dear to him, so he handled the judgment to the most handsome youth, the Trojan Prince Paris.

Hera and Athena did their best to bribe Paris with power and glory; Aphrodite, on the other hand, seduced him with love, offering him the most beautiful female mortal in the world, Helen of Sparta. Paris opted for Aphrodite and so Helen was taken from Sparta to become Helen of Troy.

Aphrodite’s symbol Aphrodite’s symbol is love and passion

Hercules was not a god he was a demigod.He was a hero not a god of anything

Hercules

Hercules Roman name was Heracles.

Hercules' Roman Name

His symbol is a Wooden club

Hercules' Symbol

1. Hercules is Brave, strong, and determined.2. Hercules' Weaknesses are that he can be

lustful and gluttonous.

Fun facts

  After the birth of Heracles, which took place when a servant of Alcmena tricked Eileithyia into relaxing her guard, Hera sent a pair of snakes to kill the twins. Heracles strangled them, and Tiresias, summoned by Amphitryon, foretold how Heracles would go on to perform great labors for humankind and finally join the gods on Olympus.    

Hercules' Myth

Eros Eros is the God of Love, and Fertility His symbol is a bow and arrow Eros’ Roman name is Cupid… We all

know who that is!

Eros’ Family Father, is either Chaos, Ares, Zeus, or

Hephastasus Mother, could either be Aphrodite, or

Gaia Wife, is Psyche His child is Volputus

Eros’ Fun Facts One of his names “Amor” means love in

Italian Often, he is depicted as a fat baby boy Eros also has six possible parents

Eros’ Myth Eros’ only myth is that he uses a bow,

and lead, or gold arrows.

Persephone

Proserpina

Persephone’s Roman name is

Symbols of Persephone

Pomegranate

Bat

Narcissuses

Goddess of Harvestand the underworld

Persephone Abduction Zeus had promised Hades that the day Persephone became a woman he could marry her. On that day the Earth split and Hades took Persephone to the Underworld. Demeter was angered and would not allow any thing to grow till she was brought back to her. Zeus obtruded and returned Persephone back to her mother. Not knowing that Hades had given her four pomegranates, she must now live with Hades for four months out of the year each year as his wife.

Family MembersZeus Demeter

Father Mother

Fun Facts!•Persephone is also know as Kore or the Maiden•The four months that she stays in the Underworld are know as winter.•Her husband Hades is also her uncle.

Dionysus

Roman NameBacchus is his Roman name

SymbolsDionysus’ symbols include Thysrus, the staff in the picture, leopards, and grapevines.

God of the grape harvest, agriculture, winemaking, and mine

Myth of DionysusDionysus was the song of Zeus and a mortal woman Semele, the daughter of Cadmus and Thebes. While she is carrying Dionysus, Zeus kills her with a lightning bolt; he is concurrently rescued and undergoes a second birth after being developed in Zeus’ thigh.

FamilyZeus (Father)Semele (Mother, deceased)Iakkhos (Son, of Dionysus and Aphrodite)

Telelete (Daughter, of Dionysus and the Nymphe Nikaia)

Fun Facts!Not really mentioned at all in any of Homer’s

epics, and when he is, he’s not mentioned in good light. Like when he tried to move into a city, was resisted, and killed everybody.

He lures his cousin Pentheus into the wilderness and has him killed by Agave.

Macedonians worshipped him to extremes, and worshipped his destructiveness and danger.

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Prometheus!Not a god! Is a titan!

The Roman Name of Prometheus is…

Prometheus

Prometheus’ Symbol

Prometheus’ symbol is the creative fire, of which he stole from the Gods.

The Myth of PrometheusHe is known as the champion of

mankind, the great benefactor of humanity. Known for his intelligence and skill, Prometheus was one of the more praised titans.

He stole the “creative fire,” or the spark of creativity in a sense, from Zeus and gave it to the mortals.

As punishment, he was bound to a rock, where an eagle would come and peck at his liver, and at the end of the day, his liver would regenerate….this would continue for eternity

Family

• Iapetus (father)• Clymene (mother)• Atlas (brother)• Epimethus (brother)• Menoetius (brother)

Fun Facts!• Heracles (otherwise known as Hercules)

slayed the eagle in its face and freed Prometheus!

• Worshipped by several different cults located in Argos, Opous, and even Athens.

• During Greek War of Independence, he became a figure of hope for the Greek Revolutionaries.

HESTIAGoddess of the hearth, architecture, and the family

Roman Name

Vesta is her Roman Name

Symbol

She has a lot, including the kettle, the pot, the broom, the sacred fire, and the crane.

Myth of Hestia She was one of the Twelve Olympians,

but gave up her seat for Dionysus in order to tend for the sacred fire. She was also eaten, the first actually, by her father, Cronous.

Family Cronous – Father Rhea – Mother Poseidon – Brother Hades – Brother Demeter – Sister Hera – Sister Zeus - Brother

Fun Facts• Apollon and Poseidon tried to marry her, though she refused.

• Ranks in the same power as Pan and Dionysus

• First to be eaten, last to be regurgitated.