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The Gods of Mount Olympus. The Council of the Gods by Peter Paul Rubens (1625). Greek God Family Tree. Zeus and Hera, King and Queen of the Gods. Poseidon, God of the Sea. Hades, God of the Underworld. Demeter, Goddess of the Harvest. Hestia, aka. Vesta. Goddess of the hearth and home
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Hestia, aka. Vesta • Goddess of the hearth and home • Goddess of the right ordering of domesticity and the family • Received the first offering at every sacrifice in the household
Titans: Atlas and Prometheus • The Titan brothers Atlas and Prometheus undergo their torments. • Atlas, hounded by the Hesperian serpent, holds the rock of heaven upon his shoulders. • Prometheus, tied to a post, has his heart pecked out by the eagle.
The Birth of Aphrodite by Sandro Botticelli The wind gods Boreas and Zephyrus waft the goddess to shorewhere she is clothed by one of the Seasons.
Ares, the God of War • A son of Zeus and Hera, Ares (aka. Mars) always carried a spear, ready for battle. • He had an affair with his brother Hephaestus’s wife, Aphrodite. • He was father to the Amazon women.
Mercury Instructing Cupid in the Presence of Venus by Correggio
Venus de Milo • According to myth, Venus guided a man to find the island and since then, she has been the protector of the island of Milos. • The artist, Alexandros of Antioch, created the statue in adoration and thanksgiving to the goddess of love.
Minerva, aka. Athena • Minerva was the goddess of wisdom, war, art, schools, handicrafts, and commerce. • She was the Roman counterpart to the Greek Athena.
The Greek Ideal • Apollo was also the twin brother of Artemis; the patron god of archery, music, medicine, healing, prophecy, and truth; and the protector of law and defender of the social order.
Insignia of the Apollo 13 Lunar Landing Mission • Represented in the emblem is Apollo, the sun god, symbolizing how the NASA Apollo flights have extended the light of knowledge to all mankind. • The Latin phrase “Ex Luna, Scientia” means “From the Moon, Knowledge.”
Artemis of Versailles • Artemis, the goddess of the moon and hunt, was almost always portrayed as a huntress: with bow, arrows, hunting dogs, and sometimes wild game.
An Ancient Mixing Bowl • Artemis shooting an arrow at Actaeon who has fallen to the ground, attacked by his own hunting dogs. • Actaeon was a hunter, and the goddess of the hunt killed him by turning him into a stag, so that his own dogs tore him to pieces.
Hermes, the Messenger of the Gods • Hermes is also the patron god of travelers, shepherds, thieves, orators, literature and poets, athletics, weights and measures, invention, and of general commerce. • His symbols include the tortoise, the rooster, the winged sandals, and the caduceus. • The analogous Roman deity is Mercury.
Primavera by Sandro Botticelli • The three Graces dance as Mercury stands nearby. • Mercury may be identified by his winged shoes and the staff in his raised hand, the so-called caduceus, around which two snakes are winding themselves. • Mercury used his staff to separate two fighting snakes, upon which the staff became the symbol of peace.
The Muses of Urania and Calliopeby Simon Vouet • The two female figures seated on the ground are Urania and Calliope, two of the nine muses, goddesses who bestowed creative inspiration on practitioners in the arts and sciences. • Urania, muse of astronomy, is identified by her diadem of six stars and a celestial globe. • The second figure has a book in her lap inscribed "Odiss," Homer's Odyssey, which distinguishes her as Calliope, muse of epic poetry.
Pan, God of Shepherds and the Countryside,Player of the Pan Pipe
Heracles (aka. Hercules) fighting the Hydraby Antonio del Pollaiuolo (1429-1498)
The Chimaera: part lion, part, goat, and part serpent or dragon
Perseus, Slayer of Medusa • After he killed Medusa, one of the three Gorgon, using the polished Zeus' shield, Perseus gave the head of the monster to the goddess Athena. • The Medusa's head was set into the shield and with that new weapon, Perseus could defeat a monstrous sea serpent and free the beloved Andromeda.
