CLAS 3308: MYTHS AND THE CULT OF ANCIENT GODS

TOPIC I-INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

ROMAN GODS  AND IN PARENTHESES THE GREEK GODS WITH WHICH THEY WERE IDENTIFIED.
FOR A SUMMARY OF THE FEATURES AND ROLES OF THE GREEK GODS, SEE Olympians in a Nutshell.
 

                  JUPPITER (ZEUS)

                  JUNO (HERA)

                  VESTA (HESTIA)

                  MINERVA (ATHENA)

                  CERES (DEMETER)

                  DIANA (ARTEMIS)

                  VENUS (APHRODITE)

                  MARS (ARES)

                  MERCURIUS (HERMES)

                  NEPTUNUS (POSEIDON)

                  VULCANUS (HEPHAESTUS)

                  LIBER (DIONYSUS)

                  DIS PATER (HADES or PLUTO)

                 APOLLO kept the same name at Rome.