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Bacchus: '''Bacchus''' was the Roman equivalent to the Greek god [[Dionysus]]. He was the god of wine and revelry. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Ceres %28goddess%29: '''Ceres''' is the Roman equivalent to [[Demeter]].<ref>{{Nuttall|Ceres}}</ref> She was said to be the goddess of [[agriculture]] especially grains. ==Notes== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Cupid: [[Image:Cupid.jpg|right|thumb|Drawing of Cupid by [[Adolphe William Bouguereau]], 1875]] '''Cupid''' is the messenger of love under [[Roman]] mythology. In [[Greek mythology]] he was known as [[Eros]]. He was the son of [[Mercury]] (the messenger god) and [[Venus]] (the goddess of love). Cupid is usually depicted as a winged baby boy, with a bow and two kinds of arrows to cause mischief. One would invoke [[love]], the other [[hate]]. Venus would use her son's power to gain revenge, as when she planned to have the beautiful [[Psyche]] (a mortal) fall in love with the ugliest man in the world. This backfired when Cupid pricked himself with his arrow. Because of this, Cupid fell in love with Psyche instead. Later she gained immortality when she married him and her job became sorting out family love problems. The myth of Cupid and Psyche was retold by [[C.S. Lewis]] in [[Till We Have Faces]]. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Flora %28goddess%29: '''Flora''' was an early Roman goddess of the blossom of flowers and the spring.<ref>{{Nuttall|Flora}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Juno: '''Juno''' was the queen of the [[Roman]] gods. Her husband was [[Jupiter]]. The Greeks knew her as ''[[Hera]]'' with her husband being [[Zeus]]. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Jupiter %28god%29: '''Jupiter''' was the king of the [[Roman]] gods. He was the husband of [[Juno]]. The ruler of the deities in Greek culture was [[Zeus]]. The pantheons were mixed with the Roman conquest and absorption of Greece into the [[Roman Empire]] and Jupiter and Zeus were then loosely considered to be the same god. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Mars %28god%29: '''Mars''' is the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Ares]], a greek god, in Roman Mythology he was the god of war. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Mercury %28god%29: '''Mercury''' was the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Hermes]], in Roman Mythology he was the messenger of the other deities. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Minerva: '''Minerva''' is the [[Roman]] [[Mythology]] equivalent to [[Athena]], a [[Greek]] goddess, in Roman Mythology she was the goddess of wisdom. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Neptune %28god%29: '''Neptune''', the chief marine deity of the [[Romans]], and identified with the [[Poseidon]] of the [[Greek]]s, is represented with a trident in his hand as his scepter.<ref>{{Nuttall|Neptune}}</ref> ==Notes== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Pluto %28god%29: '''Pluto''' is the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Hades]], a greek god, in Roman Mythology he was the god of the underworld. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Quirinus: '''Quirinus''' was a god in Roman Mythology who was said to be the deified version of [[Romulus]]. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Venus %28goddess%29: '''Venus''' was the [[Roman]] goddess of love, of wedded love, and of beauty (originally of the spring), and is the Roman [[Mythology]] equivalent to the [[Greek ]] [[Aphrodite]]; she was regarded as the tutelary goddess of Rome, and had a temple to her honor in the Forum.<ref>{{Nuttall|Venus}}</ref> ==Notes== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Roman Deities]]
New page: Bacchus: '''Bacchus''' was the Roman equivalent to the Greek god Dionysus. He was the god of wine and revelry. Category:Roman Deities Ceres %28goddess%29: '''Ceres''' is the Rom...
Bacchus: '''Bacchus''' was the Roman equivalent to the Greek god [[Dionysus]]. He was the god of wine and revelry. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Ceres %28goddess%29: '''Ceres''' is the Roman equivalent to [[Demeter]].<ref>{{Nuttall|Ceres}}</ref> She was said to be the goddess of [[agriculture]] especially grains. ==Notes== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Cupid: [[Image:Cupid.jpg|right|thumb|Drawing of Cupid by [[Adolphe William Bouguereau]], 1875]] '''Cupid''' is the messenger of love under [[Roman]] mythology. In [[Greek mythology]] he was known as [[Eros]]. He was the son of [[Mercury]] (the messenger god) and [[Venus]] (the goddess of love). Cupid is usually depicted as a winged baby boy, with a bow and two kinds of arrows to cause mischief. One would invoke [[love]], the other [[hate]]. Venus would use her son's power to gain revenge, as when she planned to have the beautiful [[Psyche]] (a mortal) fall in love with the ugliest man in the world. This backfired when Cupid pricked himself with his arrow. Because of this, Cupid fell in love with Psyche instead. Later she gained immortality when she married him and her job became sorting out family love problems. The myth of Cupid and Psyche was retold by [[C.S. Lewis]] in [[Till We Have Faces]]. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Flora %28goddess%29: '''Flora''' was an early Roman goddess of the blossom of flowers and the spring.<ref>{{Nuttall|Flora}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Juno: '''Juno''' was the queen of the [[Roman]] gods. Her husband was [[Jupiter]]. The Greeks knew her as ''[[Hera]]'' with her husband being [[Zeus]]. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Jupiter %28god%29: '''Jupiter''' was the king of the [[Roman]] gods. He was the husband of [[Juno]]. The ruler of the deities in Greek culture was [[Zeus]]. The pantheons were mixed with the Roman conquest and absorption of Greece into the [[Roman Empire]] and Jupiter and Zeus were then loosely considered to be the same god. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Mars %28god%29: '''Mars''' is the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Ares]], a greek god, in Roman Mythology he was the god of war. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Mercury %28god%29: '''Mercury''' was the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Hermes]], in Roman Mythology he was the messenger of the other deities. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Minerva: '''Minerva''' is the [[Roman]] [[Mythology]] equivalent to [[Athena]], a [[Greek]] goddess, in Roman Mythology she was the goddess of wisdom. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Neptune %28god%29: '''Neptune''', the chief marine deity of the [[Romans]], and identified with the [[Poseidon]] of the [[Greek]]s, is represented with a trident in his hand as his scepter.<ref>{{Nuttall|Neptune}}</ref> ==Notes== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Pluto %28god%29: '''Pluto''' is the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Hades]], a greek god, in Roman Mythology he was the god of the underworld. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Quirinus: '''Quirinus''' was a god in Roman Mythology who was said to be the deified version of [[Romulus]]. [[Category:Roman Deities]]
Venus %28goddess%29: '''Venus''' was the [[Roman]] goddess of love, of wedded love, and of beauty (originally of the spring), and is the Roman [[Mythology]] equivalent to the [[Greek ]] [[Aphrodite]]; she was regarded as the tutelary goddess of Rome, and had a temple to her honor in the Forum.<ref>{{Nuttall|Venus}}</ref> ==Notes== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Roman Deities]]