{"id":1843,"date":"2012-05-15T18:57:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T18:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=1843"},"modified":"2014-08-21T17:58:30","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T17:58:30","slug":"roman-gods-and-goddesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/roman-gods-and-goddesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Gods and Goddesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
GREEK NAME<\/strong><\/td>\nROMAN NAME<\/strong><\/td>\nROLE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aphrodite<\/td>\nVenus<\/td>\nGoddess of beauty and sexual desire (in Roman mythology also goddess of the fields and gardens)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apollo<\/td>\nPhoebus<\/td>\nGod of prophecy, medicine and archery (later Greco-Roman mythology: god of the Sun)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ares<\/td>\nMars<\/td>\nGod of war<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Artemis<\/td>\nDiana<\/td>\nGoddess of hunting (later Greco-Roman mythology: goddess of the Moon)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Asclepius<\/td>\nAesculapius<\/td>\nGod of medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Athena<\/td>\nMinerva<\/td>\nGoddess of arts and crafts, and war; helper of heroes (later Greco-Roman mythology: Goddess of Reason)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chronos<\/td>\nSaturn<\/td>\n\n
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God of heaven, ruler of the Titans (Roman mythology: god of agriculture)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Demeter<\/td>\nCeres<\/td>\nGoddess of grain, harvest and soil fertility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dionysus<\/td>\nBacchus<\/td>\nGod of wine and vegetation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eros<\/td>\nCupid<\/td>\nGod of love<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gaia<\/td>\nTerra<\/td>\nMother Earth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hephaestus<\/td>\nVulcan<\/td>\nGod of fire, blacksmith of the gods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hera<\/td>\nJuno<\/td>\nGoddess 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hermes<\/td>\nMercury<\/td>\nMessenger of the gods, protector of travelers, thieves and merchants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hestia<\/td>\nVesta<\/td>\nGuardian of hearth and home<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hypnos<\/td>\nSomnus<\/td>\nGod of sleep<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hades<\/td>\nPluto<\/td>\nGod of the underworld, lord of the dead<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Poseidon<\/td>\nNeptune<\/td>\nGod of the sea and earthquakes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rea<\/td>\nOps<\/td>\nWife of Chronos \/ Saturn, mother goddess<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uranus<\/td>\nCaelus<\/td>\nGod of heaven, father of the Titans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zeus<\/td>\nJupiter<\/td>\nRuler 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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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)…<\/p>\n

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