Zeus (Jupiter) - The king of the gods and one of the twelve Olympians. The youngest son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, he killed his father and ushered in the Olympian age. He is the sky god, associated with lightning, thunder, and storms in general. He is known for his many affairs and children, both gods and demi-gods, many of whom are significant in Greek myth. Anyone ever heard of Heracles?

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Hera (Juno) - The queen of the gods, Hera is also a child of Cronus and Rhea and one of the twelve Olympians. She is the goddess of marriage and childbirth. She had four children with Zeus - Ares, Hephaestus, Hebe, and Eileithyia. She is associated with peacocks and cows. Fun fact: in the Iliad and Odyssey she is often described as cow-eyed, which was actually a compliment to her large and beautiful eyes.

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Poseidon (Neptune) - The god of the sea, Poseidon is another Cronus/Rhea child and an Olympian god. In some myths, he is credited with creating horses. He is also known as Earth-Shaker because is the one who causes earthquakes. Like Zeus, he has the ability to whip up fearsome storms - his are less lightning-y and more hurricane-y. He is married to Amphitrite.

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Demeter (Ceres) - Demeter is the goddess of the harvest and agriculture. Though she does not figure as prominently in myth as some of her family, she was very important to Greeks and Romans since she controlled the crops and harvest. She founded the Eleusinian Mysteries (secret festivals held every four-five years). She is also associated with the seasons because of her role in the myth of Persephone, her daughter. Demeter is an Olympian goddess and the daughter of Cronus and Rhea.

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Hades (Pluto) - Hades is the lord of the dead. He lives in the Underworld, confusingly also known as Hades, with Persephone, his wife. In Roman mythology, Pluto is associated with jewels and precious metals as he grew to be the god of everything under the surface of the Earth - not just the Underworld/the dead. He is thought to be the oldest son of Cronus and Rhea, but is not an Olympian god. His subterranean existence and morbid job meant he was something of a loner/outcast among the sky-dwelling gods, even though he was one of the original six children of Cronus and Rhea.

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Hestia (Vesta) - The goddess of home and the hearth, Hestia was a significant goddess for the Romans and the Greeks, though she wasn't a major player in mythology. She was the patron goddess of the Vestal Virgins. Hestia is a maiden goddess. She is a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and was originally one of the Olympian gods, but was later replaced by Dionysus.

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More to come!

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