Athenians Gods 1
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- Athenian Gods
- Zues
- King Of the Gods
- Responsible for the weather
- Particularly thunder and lightining
- Often seen holding a lighting bolt, or sitting on a throne with a crown and sceptre
- Hera
- Queen of the Gods
- Wife of Zues
- royal figure, portrayed wearing a crown
- Goddess of marriage
- Queen of the Gods
- Demeter
- Goddess of the crops
- Crucial in the agricultural society
- often pictured alongside flowers, fruit or grain
- Goddess of the crops
- Poseidon
- God of The sea
- Depicted alongside dolphins, holding his trident with which he shook the earth with, to create an earthquake
- God of Horses
- God of The sea
- Hephaitos
- God of Metal working and fire
- It was believed he lived in the volcanoes
- he was portrayed around the jewellery or weapons he made
- Apollo
- Oversaw music, medicine, the arts, education, disease, prophecy, archery and the sun
- He is portrayed as a handsome young man, with a quiver of arrows or a lyre
- Artemis
- Twin sister of apollo
- Responsible for the moon
- Goddess of hunting, childhood and childhood
- Athena
- Goddess of Athens
- She founded Athens and gave her name to their city
- She is responsible for tactical warfare , wisdom, weanling and hand crafts
- She is typically seen in amour and weapons
- her sacred bird was the Owl
- She had a special cape called the aegis , which was made out of goatskin
- finged with sankes nad a gorgons head in the middle
- Goddess of Athens
- Ahphrodite
- Goddess of Love
- Often portrayed with a sea shell
- Ares
- He is the God of war and destruction
- He is depicted wearing full armour
- Hermes
- The messenger of the gods
- He protected traders who travelled widely across the Greek world
- He is often Depicted with winged sandals, winged helmet and a special wand
- The messenger of the gods
- Dionysos
- He was responsible for wine, wild partying, growth and fertility
- He is often shown with ivy and vines
- Zues
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