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- 2. The gods of the Greeks and Romans were anthropomorphic, exhibiting many human qualities such as love, hate, and jealousy, and because of this, the people of Rome and Greece were able to see themselves in these tales and understand their relationship to the rest of the world as well their connection to the gods.
- 3. - Title: God of the sun - Greek name: Apollo - Relations: • Son of Jupiter • Brother of Diana APOLLO - Each day he drove his chariot of fiery horses across the sky to give light to the world. Apollo had a son called Phaethon, who was human. Apollo was also the god of music, and played the lyre.
- 4. - Title: King of the gods - Greek name: Zeus - Relations: • Son of Saturn • Husband of Juno • Brother of Neptune and Pluto JUPITER - Jupiter's weapon was the Thunderbolt. All other gods were terrified of him, although he was a little scared of his wife Juno. Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto were the three sons of Saturn. They divided up the world between themselves. Jupiter took the air, Neptune had the sea and Pluto ruled under the earth, the home of the Dead.
- 5. DIANA - Title: Goddess of the moon - Greek name: Artemis - Relations: • Son of Jupiter • Sister of Apollo - Diana carried a bow and arrows. She was the goddess of hunting. Once she was bathing in a forest pool, a hunter called Actaeon spied on her. So Diana turned him into a stag and he was chased by his own hunting dogs. - She helped women in child-birth, because her mother Leto gave birth to her and her twin brother so easily.m
- 6. SATURN - Title: God of time - Greek name: Cronos - Relations: • Son of Uranus and Gaia • Father of Jupiter, Pluto, and Neptune - Saturn is called the "Old Father Time" and he ruled the gods before Jupiter. Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto were his children. They represent Air, Water and Death, the three things that Time cannot kill.
- 7. VENUS - Title: Goddess of love - Greek name: Aphrodite - Relations: • Daughter of Jupiter • Mother of Cupid - Venus was born in the sea and first came to shore at Cyprus, floating on a scallop shell. She symbolized the ideas of love, beauty, and sex in ancient Roman society. She is also characterized as the goddess of victory in battle, motherhood, prostitution, and gardens.
- 8. - Title: The god of fire and the forge - Relations: • Husband of Venus - Vulcan was the smith of the gods, and made Jupiter's thunderbolts. His smithy was in the volcano Etna, in Sicily, where you can see fire from his forgetting. Once, he made Jupiter angry, and Jupiter threw him out of Heaven. Vulcan fell to Earth and broke both legs, which made him lame. VULCAN
- 9. JANUS - Title: God of doors - Janus kept the gate of Heaven, so he became the god of doors and gates. He was very important, because a house is only as strong as its doors. He had two faces, one looking forwards and one looking back, since a door can let you in, or let you out. The first month of the year is named after him. In January, we look back at the last year, and forward to the next.
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