Zeus- Many Athenian people believed in Zeus. He was the god of the sky and weather and his image appeared on most Greek coins.
Apollo- He was the God of light, he was known for killing a giant snake that was harassing his mother.
Artemis- Was the female god of hunting, wilderness and wild animals also the god of childbirth.
Aphrodite- Female God of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.
Poseidon- He was the Olympian god of the sea; rivers, flood and drought, earthquakes, and horses. He supposedly looked as if he were an old man with a dark beard and holding a trident. A trident is a 3 pronged spear.
Venus- God of love, beauty, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory.
Ares- God of war, battle, civil order and courage.
Dionysus- God of wine and drunkenness.
Hephaestus- God of technology.
Athena- God of wisdom and courage.
Hermes- God of boundaries and transitions.
Hades- He was the King of the Underworld and the god of death and the dead. Hades was also known as the god of the hidden wealth of the earth, he made the soil fertile, gave riches of gold, silver and other metals to the ground.
Demeter- God of harvest, grain and fertility of the earth.
Hestia- Virgin God of hearth and agriculture.
Hera- Female God of women and marriage.
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