Dictionary of Roman Mythology
Apollo (Apollo) - god of sun, light, prophecy, poetry and music
Bacchus (Dionysius) - god of fertility, especially fruit trees and grapes, god
of wine
Ceres (Demeter) - goddess of farming
Cupid (Eros) - god of love, Venus's son
Diana (Artemis) - goddess of moon and hunting
Fortuna (Nemesis) - god of luck and vengeance
Juno (Hera) - goddess of mothers and women
Jupiter (Zeus) - god of sky, king of the gods and son of Saturn
Mars (Ares) - god of war and agriculture, father of Romulus and Remus
Mercury (Hermes) - messenger of the gods, patron of businessmen and traders
Minerva (Athena) - goddess of crafts, poets, actors, wisdom, daughter of Jupiter
and Juno
Neptune (Poseidon) - god of the sea, brother of Jupiter
Pluto (Hades) - god of the underworld, brother of Jupiter
Proserpina (Persephone) - maiden of spring, daughter of Ceres, Pluto's wife
Saturn (Kronos or Cronos) - god of farming
Tiberinus - god of the Tiber river
Venus (Aphrodite) - goddess of love and beauty
Vesta (Hestia) - goddess of the hearth, sister of Jupiter
Vulcan (Hephaestus) - god of the smiths
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