The Olympians were the twelve major gods in the ancient Greek pantheon, later absorbed into Roman pantheism, and their exploits played a major role in classical mythology.
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Olympians[]
The twelve Olympians and their Roman equivalents were:
- Aphrodite / Venus – Goddess of love and beauty.
- Apollo / Apollo – God of sun, light and good fortune.
- Ares / Mars – God of war.
- Artemis / Diana – Goddess of hunting, the moon and protector of girls.
- Athena / Minerva – Goddess of wisdom, art and war.
- Demeter / Ceres – Goddess of agriculture.
- Hephaestus / Vulcan – God of fire and metal-working.
- Hera / Juno – Goddess of marriage and women.
- Hermes / Mercury – Messenger of the gods, protector of travellers, god of trade and communications.
- Hestia / Vesta – Goddess of the family and the hearth or Dionysus
- Poseidon / Neptune – God of the sea, earthquakes, horses and bulls.
- Zeus / Jupiter – King of the gods and god of the sky.
Sources[]
- Indiana Jones Explores Ancient Greece (Non-fiction source)
- Indiana Jones Explores Ancient Rome (Non-fiction source)
