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The document summarizes Greek gods and goddesses. Apollo was the god of prophesy, music and healing. Zeus was the supreme god of the Olympians and father of heroes. Ares was the god of war who was bested in battle. Artemis was the virgin goddess of the hunt who helped women and brought sudden death. Hephaestus was the lame god of fire and crafts, thrown from Olympus as a baby.

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The document summarizes Greek gods and goddesses. Apollo was the god of prophesy, music and healing. Zeus was the supreme god of the Olympians and father of heroes. Ares was the god of war who was bested in battle. Artemis was the virgin goddess of the hunt who helped women and brought sudden death. Hephaestus was the lame god of fire and crafts, thrown from Olympus as a baby.

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APOLLO (uh-POL-oh; Roman name Apollo) was the god of prophesy, music and healing.

ZEUS (zoose or zyoose; Roman name Jupiter) was the supreme god of the Olympians.
He was the father of the heroes Perseus and Heracles, the latter of whom once wrestled
him to a draw.

ARES (AIR-eez; Roman name Mars) was the god of war, or more precisely of warlike
frenzy. Though an immortal deity, he was bested by Heracles in battle and was almost
killed when stuffed into a jar by two giants. When another hero wounded him during
the Trojan War, he received scant sympathy from his father Zeus.

ARTEMIS (AR-ti-mis; Roman name Diana) was the virgin goddess of the hunt. She helped
women in childbirth but also brought sudden death with her arrows.

HEPHAESTUS (he-FEE-stus or he-FESS-tus; Roman name Vulcan) was the lame god of fire
and crafts or the two together, hence of blacksmiths. Hephaestus was the son of Zeus
and Hera or, in some accounts, of Hera alone. He limped because he was born lame,
which caused his mother to throw him off Mount Olympus. Or in other accounts he
interceded in a fight between Zeus and Hera, and Zeus took him by the foot and threw
him from Olympus to the earth far below.

APHRODITE (a-fro-DYE-tee; Roman name Venus) was the goddess of love, beauty and
fertility. She was also a protectress of sailors.

ATHENA (a-THEE-nuh; Roman name Minerva) was the goddess of crafts and the
domestic arts and also those of war. She was the patron goddess of Athens. Her symbol
was the owl. She was originally the Great Goddess in the form of a bird. By the late
Classic, she had come to be regarded as a goddess of wisdom

DIONYSUS (dye-oh-NYE-sus; Roman name Bacchus) was the god of wine. Dionysus was
the son of Zeus and the mortal heroine Semele.

HERA (HEE-ruh; Roman name Juno) was the goddess of marriage. Hera was the wife of
Zeus and Queen of the Olympians.

DEMETER (dee-MEE-tur; Roman name Ceres) was the goddess of agriculture. Demeter
as the sister of Zeus and the mother of Persephone.

POSEIDON (puh-SYE-dun or poh-SYE-dun; Roman name Neptune) was the god of the
sea, earthquakes and horses. Although he was officially one of the supreme gods of
Mount Olympus, he spent most of his time in his watery domain.
HERMES (HUR-meez; Roman name Mercury) was the messenger of the gods and guide
of dead souls to the Underworld. A prankster and inventive genius from birth, Hermes
aided the heroes Odysseus and Perseus in their quests.

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