He often turned himself into a bull and he is some-

times called the bull-horned god.

Dionysus led a life full of pleasure. He attracted a
devoted group of female followers called Maenads.
They were often drunk and acted without morals.
Dionysus
Greek Gods
Facts and information about
the Greek/Olympian Gods and
Goddesses

By: Natalie Reamer
Zeus makes sure everybody
know their place and acts like their friend or counselor con-
sidering he is the father of the Gods.
As the father of men, he takes a paternal interest in the ac-
tons and well-being of mortals.
His image appeared on most Greek coins.
Zeus was the sixth child born to Cronus and Rhea .
Zeus was mighty, glorious, awesome and wise, although he
did show a certain degree of surprising foolishness and na-
iveness when it came to hiding his love afairs.
Zeus
The main God everybody
knows about.
Zeus was the god of the
sky and ruler of the
Olympian gods.
His weapon is a thun-
derbolt which he hurls at
those who displease
him.
Dionysus
He was the god of fertlity
and wine .
He invented wine and
spread the art of tending
grapes.
His Roman name Bacchus.
A song sung in honor of
Dionysus is called
a dithyramb.
Hes the only god with a mortal parent.
The symbols of Dionysus were the thyrsos (a wooden
stck wrapped with ivy leaves and vines), the fute and
the wine barrels. His sacred animals were
the panther and the tger.
The origin of Dionysos name is according to the poet Pin-
dar, it probably derives from the words Zeus, the father of
Dionysus, and Nysa, the mountain on which Dionysus was
born and raised.
Dionysus was often accompanied by satyrs, human-
oid creatures with horses ears and tails.
The sacred symbol of Hades was his helmet, which helped
him stay invisible. His sacred animal was Cerberus, his own
three-headed dog.
The Ancient Greeks feared to call god Hades by his name
and always referred to him using descriptve ttles .
With their faces averted they sacrifced black sheep, whose
blood they let drip into pits, and when they prayed to him,
they would bang their hands on the ground.
He also has a helmet, given to him by the Cyclopes, which
can make him invisible.
Hiades
Aside from the endless afairs Zeus was diferent from
other gods in that he did not partcipate in the argu-
ments and the resultng pety scheming that made up
the daily actvites of other gods.
Aside from the endless afairs Zeus was diferent from
other gods in that he did not partcipate in the argu-
ments and the resultng pety scheming that made up
the daily actvites of other gods.
His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, and bull.
Aphrodite
Aphrodite is also known
as Cytherea (Lady of Cythera)
and Cypris (Lady of Cyprus)
Aphrodite is the goddess of
love, beauty and sexual rapture.
She was also a protectress of
sailors.
The poet Hesiod said that Aphrodite was born from sea-
foam.
Aphrodite lived on Mount Olympus with the other su-
preme deites and was married to the homely crafsman-
god, Hephaestus.
Her Roman name is Venus
According to a myth, Aphrodite gave birth to Eros, the
winged cupid of love and was ofen accompanied by him.
Aphrodite's symbols were the girdle (which she was us-
ing to compel love), the seashell and the mirror.
Her sacred animal was the dove.
Aphrodite means arisen from the foam in ancient Greek.
Haides
the King of the Underworld, the God of death and the
dead.
Haides was also the god of the hidden wealth of the earth
Hes the brother of Zeus.
He is a greedy god who is greatly concerned with increasing
his subjects.
His Roman name is Pluto or Pluton
The word Hades is used in the Greek Old Testament to
translate the Hebrew word Sheol, denotng a dark region of
the dead.