Gods and Godesses

Dictionary Entries

Apollo
Apollinis m.
Greek name: Apollo

Olympian god of prophecy and oracles, music, song and poetry, archery, healing, plague and disease, and the protection of the young

Bacchus
Bacchī m.
Greek name: Dionysus

Olympian god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, madness and wild frenzy.

Ceres
Cereris f.
Greek name: Demeter

Olympian goddess of agriculture, grain and bread who sustained mankind with the earth's rich bounty.

Iūnō
Iūnōnis f.
Greek name: Hera

Olympian queen of the gods, and the goddess of marriage, women, the sky and the stars of heaven.

Iuppiter
Iovis m.
Greek name: Zeus

King of the Gods and the god of the sky, weather, law and order, destiny and fate, and kingship.

Mars
Martis m.
Greek name: Ares

Olympian god of war, battlelust, courage and civil order.

Mercurius
Mercuriī m.
Greek name: Hermes

Olympian god of herds and flocks, travellers and hospitality, roads and trade, thievery and cunning, heralds and diplomacy, language and writing, athletic contests and gymnasiums, astronomy and astrology.

Minerva
Minervae f.
Greek name: Athena

Olympian goddess of wisdom and good counsel, war, the defence of towns, heroic endeavour, weaving, pottery and various other crafts.

Neptūnus
Neptūnī m.
Greek name: Poseidon

Olympian god of the sea, earthquakes, floods, drought and horses.

Plūtō
Plūtōnis m.
Greek name: Hades

King of the underworld and god of the dead.

Venus
Veneris f.
Greek name: Aphrodite

Olympian goddess of love and beauty

Vesta
Vestae f.
Greek name: Hestia

goddess of the hearth and home

Volcānus
Volcānī m.
Greek name: Hephaestus

Olympian god of fire, smiths, craftsmen, metalworking, stonemasonry and sculpture.