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Question | Answer |
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Zeus | King of the Gods; symbol is lightening bolt; most powerful; God of heaven |
Hera | Queen of the gods & heaven; wife of Zeus |
Hades | God of the underworld; brother of Zeus; God of the dead |
Poseidon | Zeus's other brother; god of the seas & oceans |
Athena | Zeus's favorite child; goddess of wisdom & war; Athens is named after her; owl is symbol |
Aphrodite | goddess of love & beauty; most beautiful of all the goddesses; married to Hephaestus |
Hephaestus | married to Aphrodite; ugly god; god of fire & blacksmith |
Dionysus | "party god" god of wine & theater; youngest of the gods |
Apollo | sun god; gold bow and arrow; twins with Artemis |
Artemis | twins with Apollo; goddess of the moon & hunt; very independent |
Ares | god of war; meanest and most brutal of the gods; hated by the other gods & loves battle |
Hermes | god of mischief; messenger for the gods because of his winged sandals |