Roman Gods and Goddesses
Posted on 15. May, 2012 by leire in Roman culture
| GREEK NAME | ROMAN NAME | ROLE |
| Aphrodite | Venus | Goddess of beauty and sexual desire (in Roman mythology also goddess of the fields and gardens) |
| Apollo | Phoebus | God of prophecy, medicine and archery (later Greco-Roman mythology: god of the Sun) |
| Ares | Mars | God of war |
| Artemis | Diana | Goddess of hunting (later Greco-Roman mythology: goddess of the Moon) |
| Asclepius | Aesculapius | God of medicine |
| Athena | Minerva | Goddess of arts and crafts, and war; helper of heroes (later Greco-Roman mythology: Goddess of Reason) |
| Chronos | Saturn |
God of heaven, ruler of the Titans (Roman mythology: god of agriculture)
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| Demeter | Ceres | Goddess of grain, harvest and soil fertility |
| Dionysus | Bacchus | God of wine and vegetation |
| Eros | Cupid | God of love |
| Gaia | Terra | Mother Earth |
| Hephaestus | Vulcan | God of fire, blacksmith of the gods |
| Hera | Juno | Goddess of marriage and fertility, protector of married women, pregnant women, she presided over the birth and watched over infants; wife of Jupiter, queen of the gods, mother of Mars, the moon goddess. |
| Hermes | Mercury | Messenger of the gods, protector of travelers, thieves and merchants |
| Hestia | Vesta | Guardian of hearth and home |
| Hypnos | Somnus | God of sleep |
| Hades | Pluto | God of the underworld, lord of the dead |
| Poseidon | Neptune | God of the sea and earthquakes |
| Rea | Ops | Wife of Chronos / Saturn, mother goddess |
| Uranus | Caelus | God of heaven, father of the Titans |
| Zeus | Jupiter | Ruler of the Olympian gods. It was the most important Roman deity. He is the god of heaven and light. He rules the atmospheric phenomena like lightning and rain. Protector of agriculture and farmers. He presided over the feast of the harvest. His attributes are the eagle, the scepter in one hand and a beam in the other hand. His temple on the Capitoline Hill in Rome was the religious center of the entire Roman Empire. |
Here you can see Venus and Vulcan “into action” 
I believe, if you check amongst various sources, that you will find “Apollo” is both the Greek and Roman name for this god. Pheobus, I believe, is an epithet used by both the Greek and Romans in referring to him as the god of light.
Great blog post. great information.