7th GR Latin Ch 10
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Latin | English |
|---|---|
| Jupiter (Zeus) |  king of gods and mortals; wisest of the divinities, and wielder of the thunderbolts |
| Juno (Hera) | queen of god's mortals, sister and wife of Jupiter and protectress of women and marriage |
| Apollo (Phoebus apollo) | god of archery, music, medicine and oracles; his priestesses predicted the future at Delphi (in Greece) and Cumae (in Italy). god of the sun. |
| Mars (Ares) | god of war, father of Romulus, and Remus |
| Vesta (Hestia) | goddess of the hearth, and the state, 6 vestal virgins guarded the eternal flame in her temple |
| Minerva (Athena) | goddess of wisdom and strategy in war |
| Mercury (Hermes) | messenger of the gods and the god of travelers |
| Diana (Artemis) | twin sister of Apollo, goddess of the moon and of hunting |
| Neptune (Poseidon) | god of water, creator of horse, symbols - the trident; a three - pronged spear |
| Venus (Aphrodite) | goddess of beauty and love and the mother of Aeneas |
| Ceres (Demeter) | goddess of the harvest and agricultre, daughter was proserpina who is queen of the underworld and wife of pluto |
| Vulcan (Hephaestus) | gof of fire, blacksmith of the gods, and forger of the thunderbolt |
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