by Laura Speidell
Jupiter and Mercury
This table compares Greek and Roman gods and goddesses. This is not part of the Latin report. More will be coming on this subject later on.
This chart (aka the information) comes from Microsoft's Encarta 1998 Encyclopedia.
I typed the table though so credit goes to me if anyone steals my HTML code. >=)
| Greek Name | Roman Name | Role in Mythology
| Aphrodite
| Venus
| Goddess of beauty and sexal desire (Roman: Goddess of gardens and fields)
| Apollo
| Apollo
| God of prophecy, medicine, and archery (late Greek/Roman: God of the sun)
| Ares
| Mars
| God of war
| Artemis
| Diana
| Goddess of the hunt (late Greek/Roman: Goddess of moon)
| Asclepius
| Aesculapius
| Goddess of medicine
| Athena
| Minerva
| Goddess of arts and crafts, and war; Helper of heroes (late Greek/Roman: Goddess of wisdom)
| Cronus
| Saturn
| God of the sky; Ruler of the Titans (Roman: God of agriculture)
| Demeter
| Ceres
| Goddess of grain
| Dionysus
| Bacchus
| God of of wine and vegetation
| Eros
| Cupid
| God of love
| Gaea
| Terra
| Mother Earth
| Hephaestus
| Vulcan
| God of fire; Blacksmith of the gods
| Hera
| Juno
| Goddess of marriage and childbirth; Protector of married women; Queen of the gods
| Hermes
| Mercury
| God of Messenger of the gods, Protector of travelers, thieves, and merchants
| Hestia
| Vesta
| Guardian if the home
| Hypnos
| Somnus
| God of sleep
| Hades
| Pluto
| God of the underworld; Lord of the dead
| Poseidon
| Neptune
| God of the sea and earthquakes
| Rhea
| Ops
| Wife of Cronus/Saturn; Mother Goddess
| Uranus
| Urans
| God of the sky; Father of the Titans
| Zeus
| Jupiter
| Ruler of the gods
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