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Details Title: The Great Olympians Description: The Names of Greek and Roman Gods Total Flash Cards: 25 Created: 03/25/2004 19:39:12	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Cupid Definition Roman archer-god, son of the love goddess. He usually is popular on Valentine's Day. Term Mercury Definition Roman messenger of the gods. His name is also part of a car company. Term Dionysus Definition Greek name for the insane god of wine and parties. Term Apollo Definition God of Poetry, Music and Light. Lord of the Silver Bow. Term Hephaestus Definition Lame Greek blacksmith god - son of Zeus and Hera. Hera threw him from Olympus the day he was born. Term Hestia Definition Greek goddess of the hearth and home. She lived in your house! Term Minerva Definition Roman name for the goddess of wisdom and war, born from Jupiter's brain. Term Mars Definition Roman god of war. We have a couple of robot rovers there, too. Term Juno Definition Roman name of Jupiter's wife. Term Zeus Definition Greek king of the gods. Term Eros Definition Greek archer god who causes men and women to fall in love. Term Venus Definition Roman love goddess, born of the sea foam. Term Hades Definition Place where the dead go and Greek name of the lord of the Underworld Term Artemis Definition Greek name of Apollo's twin, goddess of hunting and the moon. Term Bacchus Definition Roman god of wine and revelry. Term Poseidon Definition Greek name for the god of the Ocean. Term Jupiter Definition Roman name for the king of the gods. Term Neptune Definition Roman name for god who carries a fisherman's trident. Term Vulcan Definition Roman blacksmith god. Term Aphrodite Definition Greek Goddess of love and beauty Term Hera Definition Greek queen of the gods, guardian of marriage and childbirth. Term Pluto Definition Roman lord of the Underworld. Term Vesta Definition Roman goddess of the hearth and home. Term Ceres Definition Roman goddess of grain and agriculture. Her name gives us a word for a very popular breakfast food. Term Athena Definition Greek goddess of wisdom and war.