g. Eros pierced and vivified all things producing life and joy. However it happened though, Saturn was dethroned. Jupiter and his brothers Neptune(Poseidon) and Pluto(Dis) divided their fathers dominions. Jupiter got the heavens, Neptune the ocean, and Pluto the realms of the dead. Jupiter was king of gods and men. Thunder bolts were his weapon. Juno(Hera) was the wife of Jupiter, and queen of the gods. Iris, the goddess of the rainbow , was her messenger. Vulcan (Hephaestos), the celestial artist, was the son of Jupiter and Juno. He was born lame and his mother couldn’t stand the sight of him. She flung him from heaven. Mars (Ares), the god of war, was the son of Jupiter and Juno also. Phoebus Apollo, the god of archery ,music and the sun was the son of Jupiter and Latona and brother of Diana(Artemis),goddess of the moon. Venus (Aphrodite) was the goddess of love and beauty. She was the daughter of Jupiter and Dione. Others say she sprang from the foam of the sea, already a woman. All the gods wanted her and were infatuated with her and her beauty. Jupiter gave her to Vulcan, the most ill-favored of the gods. Cupid (Eros), the god of love was the son of Venus. He was always with her. With his bow and arrows, he shot darts of desire into the hearts of both gods and men. There was a deity named Anteros, who represented the avenger of slighted love. After Anteros was born Eros finally grew in size and strength. Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, was the offspring of Jupiter without a mother. She sprang from his head. Mercury was the son of Jupiter and Maia. He was god of everything that required skill and dexterity. He was Jupiter’s messenger. Ceres (Demeter) was the daughter of Saturn and Rhea. She was goddess of agriculture. She had a daughter named Proserpine (Persephone), who became Pluto’s wife and queen of the realm of the dead. Bacchus (Dioysus), the god of wine was the son of ...
