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She hunts with silver arrows and all wild animals are sacred to her. Artemis: She is the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Apollo.Two of his symbols are the dolphin and the crow. He is also the god of light and everyday he uses his chariot and four horses to drive the sun across the sky. He is the god of healing because he taught medicine to man and he is the god of truth because he cannot tell a lie. He has a silver bow and is known as the archer. He plays a golden lyre and is the god of music. Apollo: He is the son of Zeus and Leto.Two of her symbols include the peacock and the cow. She is often jealous and outraged by Zeus’ affairs. She kept to her promise of not rebelling however she often outwits the god. She cried all night and it kept Zeus awake so he agreed to release her if she would never again rebel against him. Zeus was freed and hung Hera in the sky with chains. Hera drugged Zeus once, so that the other gods could revolt. She did not want to be shamed for the rape, so she married Zeus.

He turned back into his real form and raped her. He courted her and she turned him down, so he turned into a cuckoo bird and she felt sorry for the bird and cradled it to herself. She is known for being the protector of marriage and watching out for married women.

Hera: She is the wife and sister of Zeus and was raised by Ocean and Tethys (titans).

He has a helmet that can cause him to become invisible, but he rarely leaves the underworld. Hades abducted Persephone and forced her to be his wife. He is god of wealth because of the metals that were mined from the earth. He is rarely worshiped due to his nature of not letting anyone leave the underworld. He favors those who increase the number of dead in the world. He is greedy and is always trying to increase his number of subjects.

Hades: After the overthrow of Cronus by Zeus, Hades became lord of the underworld and rules over the dead.

Two of his symbols are the trident and the horse. It took him so long to create the horse, that eventually his lust for Demeter ended. He tried to create the most beautiful animal to impress her, and ended up creating the horse. He married Amphitrite but had a desire for the goddess Demeter. He is more powerful then all the gods except for his brother Zeus. Although he is known for being greedy and having a quarrelsome personality, he is worshiped by seamen. His weapon is a trident which is capable of shattering any object and even shaking the world.

Poseidon: After drawing lots with his brothers, he won the prize of being lord of the sea.

Two of his symbols are the oak tree and the thunderbolt. Zeus is married to Hera but is known for his many affairs. His weapon is a thunderbolt and his mood affects the weather. He won a draw against his two brothers, Hades and Poseidon which gave him the title of the supreme ruler of the gods. Zeus was tricked many times and he could not control the fates. He is the most powerful of all the gods, however he is not omniscient. Cronus was afraid that one of his children would overthrow him and take power, so he swallowed Zeus’ five older siblings. His mother was Rhea and in order to keep Zeus alive, she tricked Cronus into eating a rock wrapped in a blanket. The 12 of them are known as the Olympian Gods. After Zeus overthrew Cronus (his father) he became the ruler of Mount Olympus and lived there with 11 other gods.Cronus, the most powerful of the titans used Mount Olympus as his throne.Homer described the summit of Mount Olympus as a place where there were palaces and the gods would be entertained by muses.Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in Greece.