"Artemis"
 

The Classical Mythos

When you speak of gods and goddesses, the first images that usually comes to people's minds are images of the deities of the Greek Pantheon.  Images of Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Ares, Demeter, Artemis...these are the classics of mythology and religion.  Everyone can name someone from the Greek Pantheon...

Although I ahve long been a student of mythology, I find that different authors think the gods and goddesses meant different things.  I welcome any and all input if you think I did something wrong or I left someone or something out.
 

Aether:god of light
Aphrodite:goddess of love, beauty and fertility
Apollo: god of prophecy, archery, and music; god of the sun
Ares: god of war
Artemis: virgin goddess of the wild and of the hunt
Asclepius: god of healing
Ate: goddess of mischief
Athena: goddess of wisdom, war and crafts
Demeter: goddess of vegetation and fruitfulness and of the harvest
Dionysus: god of wine and ecstasy
Eileithyia: goddess of childbirth
Eos: goddess of the dawn
Erinyes: goddess of delivered justice
Eris: goddess of discord
Fama: goddess of fame and rumour
Flora: goddess of flowers
Gaia: goddess of earth and death
Hades: god of death and the underworld; the most patient of the gods
Hebe: goddess of youth
Hecate: goddess of farming, the underworld and roads; patron goddess of
                 witches
Helios: god of the sun
Hephaestus: god of fire and the smith
Hera: goddess of marriage and queen of the gods
Heracles/Hercules: the 1/2 god 1/2 mortal son of Zeus; most of his life
                                            on earth was spent in battle with his step-mother,
                                            Hera.  After his death he was raised to Olympus by
                                            Zeus and there became the god of strength
Hermes: messenger god and the god of commerce
Hespera: goddess of dusk
Hestia: goddess of the hearth and patroness of marriage; the peacemaker
Hygeia:god of health
Hymen: god of the wedding feast
Hypnos: god of sleep
Iris: goddess of the rainbow
Maia: goddess of fields
Morpheus: god of dreams
Nemesis: goddess of retribution and vengeance
Nereus: "Old man of hte sea"
Nike: goddess of victory
Pan: god of the countryside, sheperds and of mischief
Persephone: goddess of the spring, flowers and the underworld; wife of
                            Hades
Pontus: god of the deep sea
Poseidon: god of the sea
Selene: goddess of the moon
Thanatos: god of death
Themis: goddess of neccesity
Triton: prince of the sea
Zeus: god of the stormy sky and king of the gods