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| | '''Juno''' was the queen of the [[Roman]] gods. Her husband was [[Jupiter]]. The Greeks knew her as ''[[Hera]]'' with her husband being [[Zeus]]. | | '''Juno''' was the queen of the [[Roman]] gods. Her husband was [[Jupiter]]. The Greeks knew her as ''[[Hera]]'' with her husband being [[Zeus]]. |
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| − | '''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. | + | '''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. |
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| | '''Mars''' is the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Ares]], a Greek god, in Roman mythology he was the god of war. | | '''Mars''' is the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Ares]], a Greek god, in Roman mythology he was the god of war. |
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| | '''Mercury''' was the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Hermes]], in Roman mythology he was the messenger of the other deities. | | '''Mercury''' was the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Hermes]], in Roman mythology he was the messenger of the other deities. |
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| − | '''Minerva''' is the [[Roman]] equivalent to [[Athena]], a [[Greek]] goddess, in Roman mythology she was the goddess of [[wisdom]]. | + | '''Minerva''' is the Roman equivalent to [[Athena]], a [[Greek]] goddess, in Roman mythology she was the goddess of [[wisdom]]. |
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| | '''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> | | '''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> |
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| − | '''Pluto''' is the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Hades]], a greek god, in Roman mythology he was the god of the underworld. | + | '''Pluto''' is the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Hades]], a Greek god, in Roman mythology he was the god of the underworld. |
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| | '''Quirinus''' was a god in Roman Mythology who was said to be the deified version of [[Romulus]]. | | '''Quirinus''' was a god in Roman Mythology who was said to be the deified version of [[Romulus]]. |
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| − | '''Venus''' was the [[Roman]] goddess of [[love]], of wedded [[love]], and of [[beauty]] (originally of the spring), and is the [[Roman]] 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> | + | '''Venus''' was the Roman goddess of [[love]], of wedded [[love]], and of [[beauty]] (originally of the spring), and is the Roman 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> |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |