APHRODITE : Summary of the Olympian Goddess. ATHENA : Greek Goddess of Wisdom, Crafts & War. HERA : Greek Goddess of Marriage, Queen of Heaven. DIONYSUS : Summary of the Olympian God. HESTIA : Greek Goddess of the Hearth & Home. ARTEMIS : Greek Goddess of Hunting & the Wilderness. ARTEMIS was the great Olympian goddess of hunting, wilderness and wild animals.
She was also a goddess of childbirth, and the protectress of the girl child up to the age of marriage. Her twin brother Apollon was similarly the protector of the boy child. Together the two gods were also bringers of sudden death and disease--Artemis targetted women and girls, and Apollon men and boys. In ancient art Artemis was usually depicted as a girl dressed in a short knee-length chiton and equipped with a hunting bow and quiver of arrows.
Some of the best known myths featuring the goddess include:-- This site contains a total of 15 pages describing the goddess, including general descriptions, mythology, and cult. Homeric Hymn 9 to Artemis (trans. APOLLO : Greek God of Music, Healing & Prophecy. HERMES : Greek God of Herds, Trade & Athletics, Herald of the Gods. Mythology, w/ pictures. DEMETER : Greek Goddess of Agriculture & Grain. HEPHAESTUS : Greek God of Fire & Metalworking. HEPHAISTOS was the great Olympian god of fire, metalworking, stonemasonry and the art of sculpture.
He was usually depicted as a bearded man holding hammer and tongs--the tools of a smith--and riding a donkey. Some of the more famous myths featuring the god include:-- His fall from Olympos in which he was cast away by Hera at birth; The trapping of Hera in a cursed throne and his return to Olympos; The adultery of his wife Aphrodite who was trapped with Ares in a golden net; The crafting of Pandora, the first woman, at the command of Zeus; The attempted rape of Athena which resulted in the impregnation of Earth and the birth of Erikhthonios; The crafting of the cursed necklace of Harmonia which doomed her descendants to a cycle of tragedy; The Trojan War in which he fought the river-god Skamandros with fire; The crafting of the armour of Akhilleus at the request of the hero's mother Thetis. Homeric Hymn 20 to Hephaestus (trans. Orphic Hymn 66 to Hephaestus (trans.
Sources: Poseidon. There is a Homeric hymn to Poseidon, who was the protector of many Hellenic cities, although he lost the contest for Athens to Athena.
According to the references from Plato in his dialogue Timaeus and Critias, the island of Atlantis was the chosen domain of Poseidon.[4][5][6][7] Etymology The earliest attested occurrence of the name, written in Linear B, is 𐀡𐀮𐀆𐀃 Po-se-da-o or 𐀡𐀮𐀆𐀺𐀚 Po-se-da-wo-ne, which correspond to Poseidaōn and Poseidawonos in Mycenean Greek; in Homeric Greek it appears as Ποσειδάων (Poseidaōn); in Aeolic as Ποτειδάων (Poteidaōn); and in Doric as Ποτειδάν (Poteidan), Ποτειδάων (Poteidaōn), and Ποτειδᾶς (Poteidas).[8] A common epithet of Poseidon is Γαιήοχος Gaiēochos, "Earth-shaker," an epithet which is also identified in Linear B tablets.
Another attested word 𐀁𐀚𐀯𐀅𐀃𐀚, E-ne-si-da-o-ne,[9][10] recalls his later epithets Ennosidas and Ennosigaios indicating the chthonic nature of Poseidon.[11] The origins of the name "Poseidon" are unclear. Birth. ZEUS : Greek King of the Gods, God of Sky & Weather. APHRODITE : Greek Goddess of Love & Beauty.
APHRODITE was the great Olympian goddess of beauty, love, pleasure and and procreation.
She was depicted as a beautiful woman usually accompanied by the winged godling Eros (Love). Her attributes included a dove, apple, scallop shell and mirror. In classical sculpture and fresco she was often depicted nude. Some of the more famous myths featuring the goddess include:-- This site contains a total of 18 pages describing the goddess Aphrodite, including general descriptions, mythology, and cult. Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite (trans. Homeric Hymn 6 to Aphrodite : "I will sing of stately Aphrodite, gold-crowned and beautiful, whose dominion is the walled cities of all sea-set Kypros (Cyprus). Homeric Hymn 10 to Aphrodite : "Of Kythereia [Aphrodite], born in Kypros (Cyprus), I will sing. Orphic Hymn 55 to Aphrodite (trans.