greek gods

dionysus

-roman counterpart: bacchus -god of wine

demeter

-roman counterpart: ceres -goddess of grain/crops; agriculture, the harvest

eros

-roman counterpart: cupid -god of love

artemis

-roman counterpart: diana -virign goddess of the hunt, forest, and the moon -apollo's twin

pan

-roman counterpart: faunus -god of the woods and pastures

hera

-roman counterpart: juno -queen of the gods; goddess of marriage

zeus

-roman counterpart: jupiter/jove -king of the gods; god of the skies

ares

-roman counterpart: mars -god of war

hermes

-roman counterpart: mercury -messenger of the gods

athena

-roman counterpart: minerva -goddess of wisdom and knowledge; wisdom in battle strategy -usually holding a shield or spear

poseidon

-roman counterpart: neptune -god of the seas

apollo

-roman counterpart: phoebus apollo -god of the sun, music, the arts, healing, poetry -artemis' twin

hades

-roman counterpart: pluto -god of the underworld

aphrodite

-roman counterpart: venus -goddess of love, beauty

hestia

-roman counterpart: vesta -goddess of the hearth and home

nike

-roman counterpart: victoria -goddess of victory

hephaestus

-roman counterpart: vulcan -god of fire; the forge, blacksmithing, metalworking