GREEK MYTHOLOGY

ARES is the god of war. He often represents the physical or violent aspect of war. He is a dangerous force, "overwhelming, insatiable in battle, destructive, and man-slaughtering”. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. He is well known as the lover of Aphrodite, the goddess of love. His sacred animals are vulture and dog.

POSEIDON is the god of sea. He represents greed and power and after Zeus. He is one of the twelve Olympian deities of the pantheon. He has a magnificent golden palace decorated with corals and sea flowers on the depths of the ocean. He has two wheel trolley drawn by dolphins, sea horses and other sea creatures. His gun is a three-prong fork which can shake the world and shatter everything.

APHRODITE is the goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She had no childhood: in every image and each reference she is born as an adult, nubile, and infinitely desirable. She has a magical belt which provides everyone to desire her. Her primary sacred animal is the pigeons, swans and sparrows and her sacred tree is the myrtle.

HEPHAESTUS is the god of fire. He is also the god of blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy and volcanoes. He made all the weapons of the gods in Olympus. He served as the blacksmith of the gods, and was worshipped in the manufacturing and industrial centers of Greece, particularly Athens. He likes polite and peace. But he is the ugliest god and his two legs are lame.

ZEUS is the father of gods and men. He is the god of sky and thunder. He identifies with fertility, and rain is expected from him. He most often depicted with a thunderbolt in the hands. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull, and oak. His sacred tree is the oak and his mentor is Dodona which is the homeland of oak trees.

HADES is the god of the underworld. He is the owner of the underground riches. The precious metals extracted from the ground makes him the god of abundance and wealth. He has a helmet which makes him invisible. He is cruel, and even scary. He is a greedy god who hammers away at to increase the number of his servants.