Who's who in the Pantheon

Who's who in the pantheon

Zeus - ruler of heaven and earth; father of Athena; god of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and justice
- Had a temper and was known to hurl thunderbolts

Athena - goddess of wisdom, skill, warfare (and peace), intelligence, battle strategy, and handcrafts
- She was born from Zeus' head patron of heroes - such as Odysseus
- She was the patron of Athens (the city was named after her)

Just a few of the many

Apollo - god of music, arts, knowledge, healing
- Zeus was his father, Artemis was his twin sister
- He's associated with the sun, his sister with the moon

Poseidon - god of the sea, rivers, floods, earthquakes
- brother of Zeus, king of the sea and waters

Aphrodite - goddess of love, beauty, desire, sexuality
- her lovers included Ares (god of war), Adonis (demi-god of desire) and Anchises (a mortal who fathered a baby)

Demeter - goddesses of grain, harvest, agriculture
- Zeus's sister

The Fighting Spartans

- Greeks were certainly a warlike people - especially the Spartans
- Spartans were known for their tough, ruthless infantry: soldiers who fought on land
- Spartan boys trained from the time they were seven