1.1 – The Nature of the Olympian Gods
Picture Iconography Responsibilities Any other
God
info
Eagle, lightning Weather,
bolt, seated on justice, Xenia,
a throne, king of the gods,
sceptre, skies, heavens,
wreath of olive fate of men
leaves
Zeus
Beard, trident, God of the sea, Sacred
Boulder, protectors of all animals;
Boulder with waters, god of hippocamp,
sea creatures, borders and dolphin,
wreath from earthquakes, Pune tree,
celery-leaves, floods and wild celery
Poseidon
headband, droughts, horses
billowing cloak,
mature man,
sturdy build,
dark beard, sea
chariot
Cornucopia, God of the
Persephone, Underworld,
sceptre, god of the
cerberus wealth –
Hades precious metals
in the earth, god
of the dead,
caretaker of the
souls
Crown, holding Queen of the
a royal lotus- gods, marriage,
tipped sceptre, women,
sometimes childbirth and
accompanied family, sky and
lion, cuckoo or the stars of
Hera hawk, peacock, heaven
often seated,
veiled
1.1 – The Nature of the Olympian Gods
, 1.1 – The Nature of the Olympian Gods
Mature Agriculture,
woman, grain and bread
wearing a
crown, bearing
sheafs of
wheat or a
cornucopia,
Demeter torch, seasons
(Homeric
Hymn to
Demeter)
Goddess of the
hearth (private
and municipal)
and the home,
cooking of bread
as the
preparation of
Hestia the family meal,
goddess of the
sacrificial flame
Mature God of war,
bearded battle lust,
warrior, armed courage and civil
for battle or order
nude,
beardless
youth with a
Ares
helm and spear
1.1 – The Nature of the Olympian Gods
Picture Iconography Responsibilities Any other
God
info
Eagle, lightning Weather,
bolt, seated on justice, Xenia,
a throne, king of the gods,
sceptre, skies, heavens,
wreath of olive fate of men
leaves
Zeus
Beard, trident, God of the sea, Sacred
Boulder, protectors of all animals;
Boulder with waters, god of hippocamp,
sea creatures, borders and dolphin,
wreath from earthquakes, Pune tree,
celery-leaves, floods and wild celery
Poseidon
headband, droughts, horses
billowing cloak,
mature man,
sturdy build,
dark beard, sea
chariot
Cornucopia, God of the
Persephone, Underworld,
sceptre, god of the
cerberus wealth –
Hades precious metals
in the earth, god
of the dead,
caretaker of the
souls
Crown, holding Queen of the
a royal lotus- gods, marriage,
tipped sceptre, women,
sometimes childbirth and
accompanied family, sky and
lion, cuckoo or the stars of
Hera hawk, peacock, heaven
often seated,
veiled
1.1 – The Nature of the Olympian Gods
, 1.1 – The Nature of the Olympian Gods
Mature Agriculture,
woman, grain and bread
wearing a
crown, bearing
sheafs of
wheat or a
cornucopia,
Demeter torch, seasons
(Homeric
Hymn to
Demeter)
Goddess of the
hearth (private
and municipal)
and the home,
cooking of bread
as the
preparation of
Hestia the family meal,
goddess of the
sacrificial flame
Mature God of war,
bearded battle lust,
warrior, armed courage and civil
for battle or order
nude,
beardless
youth with a
Ares
helm and spear
1.1 – The Nature of the Olympian Gods
