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With the assistance of Hades and Poseidon, he overthrew his father, Cronus, king of the Titans, and became the chief deity in a new pantheon comprising mostly his siblings and children.
Zeus
She is the goddess of marriage and childbirth and the ruler of the sky.
Hera
He is best known as the Greek sea god, but he was also the god of horses and of earthquakes.
Poseidon
He is the most famous of the Cyclopes who fell in love with Galatea and killed Acis.
Polyphemus
was considered a “trickster” due to his cunning and clever personality. He primarily served as the herald or messenger of the gods.
Hermes
She is the wife of Zeus and queen of the ancient Greek gods, represented the ideal woman and was goddess of marriage and the family
Hera
She is the wife of Hades.
Persephone
He was also called the God of Wealth or “the rich one”
Hades
He was primarily known as the God of the Vine. Upon reaching adulthood, Dionysus wandered the Earth, teaching men the culture of the vine.
Dionysus
She is the goddess of Agriculture.
Demeter
The only major god who appears with the same name in both Greek and Roman mythology.
Apollo
She was the goddess of love and beauty.
Aphrodite
She is the goddess of reason, wisdom, and war. She famously sprung fully formed from the forehead of Zeus.
Athena
She is the Olympian goddess of the hunt, the moon, and chastity.
Artemis
He was the Greek god of fire, blacksmiths, craftsmen, and volcanoes. He lived in his own palace on Mount Olympus where he crafted tools for the other gods.
Hephaestus
Roman name of Zeus.
Jupiter
