Greek Name

Roman Name

Domain

Aphrodite

Venus

Love and beauty

Athena

Minerva

Wisdom and war

Demeter

Ceres

Harvest and Earth

Eros

Cupid

Love

Hera

Juno

Queen of the gods and goddesses as well as protector of women

Medusa

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One of three Gorgons, sisters with horrible faces and writhing snakes instead of hair

Minotaur

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A creature who was half bull and half man

nymphs

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Female spirits of nature

oracle

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A person or place where the gods and goddesses revealed truths to humans

Persephone

 Proserpina

Helped her mother, Demeter (Ceres), care for the harvest and plants of the Earth

Hades

 Pluto

The king of the Underworld who ruled the dead

Zeus

 Jupiter

Ruled Olympus; hurled thunderbolts when he was angry