CL 28 - Classical Mythology
Lectures 5 and 6 - The Olympians: Zeus, Hera, Hephaistos and Ares

Zeus (Roman: Jupiter)
Cronus (Roman: Saturn)
Demeter (Roman: Ceres)
Hestia, the virgin goddess caring for the Olympian hearth (Roman: Vesta)
Poseidon (Roman: Neptune)
Hades (Roman: Pluto, Dis)
Persephone (Roman: Proserpina)
Hera (Roman: Juno)
Hephaestus, the lame smith, Hera's son (Roman: Vulcanus)
Ares (Roman: Mars)
Eileithyia, goddess of childbirth (Roman: Lucina)
Hebe, a personification of youth (Roman: Juventas)
Athene (Roman: Minerva)
Phoebus Apollo (Roman: Phoebus Apollo)
Artemis (Roman: Diana)
Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis
Hermes (Roman: Mercury)
Maia, mother of Hermes
Aphrodite (Roman: Venus)
Dione
Eros
Dionysus (Roman: Liber)
Semele, mother of Dionysus

Moirae, the Fates
Europa, Callisto, Io, Alcmene, Danae, Ganymede (various lovers of Zeus)

Herodotus (fifth century B.C.)
Homer (eighth century B.C.)
Hesiod (eighth century B.C.)

Olympia, Elis
Dodona, Epirus
Argos, Argolid
Peloponnese
Lemnos

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