Olympian gods
Poseidon
Role: lord of the sea
Symbol: trident
Aphrodite
Role: goddess of love, beauty
Symbol: rose
god of nature
Pan
Titan who overcame Uranus
Cronus
hunter; son of Poseidon (constellation)
Orion
Hermes
Role: god of those who live by wits
Symbol: winged cap and sandals
Athena
Role: goddess of wisdom
Symbol: owl
goddess of the hearth
Hestia
Titan who carried the sky on his shoulders
Atlas
first doctor
Asclepius
Apollo
Role: god of light, music, and reason
Symbol: lyre
Hera
Role: queen of gods
Symbol: no symbol; Zeus's wife
Mother Earth
Gaea
greatest teacher in Greece
Chiron
Dionysus
Role: god of wine
Symbol: rod of grapes
Artemis
Role: goddess of the hunt
Symbol: bow and arrow
goddesses of destiny
Three Fates
Father Sky
Uranus
spirit of strife/discord
Eris
Hephaestus
Symbol: hammer
Demeter
Role: goddess of the harvest
Symbol: stalk of wheat; mother of Persephone
creator of man
Prometheus