Who are some of the greek gods?
Aphrodite-Aphrodite governs desire and sexuality. She is also known as Cytherea, Cypris, and Venus (Roman). She is often pictured with a sceptre or a mirror. Apollo-Apollo is associated principally with music, prophecy, sickness, and medicine. He is also known as Phoebus Apollo and is called the Far Shooter and the Pythian. (He has no separate Roman name.) His attributes in iconography are the cithara, or sometime the lyre, the bow, the fawn, and the tripod. He is often depicted with his sister, Artemis. Ares-Ares is the god of war and conflict. He is also known as Mars (Roman). Ares is depicted as a warrior but, as he has no unique attributes in iconography, he can only be identified by context or inscription. Artemis-Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and animals, as well as of childbirth. She is also known as Diana (Roman). Her attributes in iconography include the bow and the fawn. She often appears with her brother, Apollo. Athene-Athene (also spelled Athena) is the patron of wisd
The following are sites for Athena. They also give information on other Greek gods, heros, and culture, and their Latin counterparts: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/athena.html (Perseus Encyclopedia) http://www.moonspeaker.ca/Athena/athenamain.html http://zero-point.tripod.com/pantheon/Athena.html (analysis) http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/greek_myth.html http://www.theoi.com/olympios/artemis.html http://www.loggia.com/myth/athena.html h
