God Attributes

Goddess of beauty, love, and desire. Wife of Hephaistos, mother of eros, lover of ares. Associated with eros, doves, geese and swans.

1. in image. God of music, prophecy and light, Leto's son and twin brother of Artemis. KEY ATTRIBUTES: Carries kithara, or a lyre, represented unbearded. Carries bow and arrow.

2. in image. Virgin goddess of wildlife and the hunt, patron of childbirth, Apollo’s twin sister. Has animal skins and live animals. Carries bow and arrow.

God of violence, war, frenzied aggression, lover of Aphrodite. Represented as a warrior

Warrior goddess, patron to Athens, virgin goddess of wisdom and victory in war, Goddess of handicrafts (potters and weavers). KEY ATTRIBUTES: Snake fringed aegis and gorgoneion. Helmet and Spear, often represented regally

God of agriculture, source of earth’s fertility and harvests, mother of Persephone. Holds torches, Sometimes wears crowns, holds a scepter, or stalks of grains.

- Greek god of wine, theatre, emotional freedom and ecstasy, patron of wine festivals, son of Zeus and the human princess Semele. - Wearing/holding Ivy or grapes. KEY ATTRIBUTE: Holding Kantharos. - Often represented as older and bearded. -With maenads ans satyrs -Associated with large cats

Earth, Mother of Tityos, the titans(?), and the giants, wife of Ouranous. Often featured half underground.

1. in image - God of the underworld, husband of Persephone - Scepter -Cornicopia

- God of blacksmiths, the fire and forge, patron to many crafts, husband of Aphrodite - KEY ATTRIBUTES: Metal tongs - physically disabled, twisted feet - Sometimes with a mule, hammer and anvil

- Queen of Gods, Zeus’ wife, Goddess of childbirth and patron of marriage, fidelity and married women - Banded scepter - Peacocks - Usually depicted with Zeus

- Messenger and Traveler god, Psychopompus - Kerykeion - Chlamys - Petasos - Winged boots, specifically with feathers

herald’s staff 2. in image

traveler’s cloak 3. in image

Traveler’s cap 1. in image

- A herald, female counterpart to Hermes, shares some attributes, attendant of Hera - Kerykeion - Winged boots - Sometimes has wings on her back

2. in image - Kore, daughter of Demeter, iconographically very similar - Holds torch - Wears crown - Sometimes hold scepter and stalks of grain

- God of sea and earthquakes, husband of Amphitrite -KEY ATTRIBUTE: 3 pronged trident, sometimes hold or is associated with fish

- Winged - Sometimes in chariot - present at battles

- God of the sky/heavens and storms, divine patriarch of justice, order, and hospitality, “chief Olympian” - beard and long hair. - KEY ATTRIBUTE: Lighting/thunder bolt acts as scepter and spear - Other symbols: Eagle and sometimes serpent

- Task master of Herakles, giving him the labors

- A lover of Zeus, cup bearer/pourer of heaven

- 3 headed, 3 bodied warrior - Typically tries to hide mid section to obscure the connection between the several heads and legs - In labors, one head usually falling in opposite directions to others

- Often wearing lion skin from his labors, with his head in the lions mouth and the paws tied around his neck - Usually bearded, except sometimes for the first labor - Often represented as stalkier than other heros - Often has a large eye - Has/fights with knobby stick/club

- Herakles nephew who sometimes helps / watches Herakles during his labors and holds unused weapons

- female followers of Dionysos, “Daemonic (spiritual guided) votaries of the god” -Carry Thyrsos - Head back and looking upwards = frenzied religious ecstasy, an altered state of consciousness - Depicted with Ivy

fennel stalk

- Balding, tails, pointed animal ears - KEY ATTRIBUTE: bushy tails - Behave horribly

- small winged cupids -carrying bow and arrow

1. in image. Garment over Athena's shoulders commonly used to indetify her

2. in image. Head of the gorgeon, associated with athena

Term for a conductor of souls to the underworld

-A gorgon, begins in a grotesque manner but becomes more beautiful overtime -has wings -wears a short chiton -sometimes has winged boots

Gorogns and sisters of medusa, presented grotesquely with wings, snakes, tusks, and sometimes beards

-A major greek hero, the "gorgon slayer" - Son of Danae and grandson of Akrisios -Has winged hat of invisibilty and boots -carries sickle and kibisis

Major hero of Athens especially, completes labors simialr to Herakles - KEY ATTRIBUTE: represented beardless

The old man of the sea, sometimes depicted with a fish tail or holding a fish

The cattle herdsman of Geryon

The gaurd dog of Geryon