Dieux Romains et leurs équivalents Grecs
Nom grec | Père & Mère | Nom romain |
Amphitrite | Nérée - Doris | |
Aphrodite | Zeus - Dioné | Vénus |
Apollon | Zeus - Léto | Phoebus |
Arès | Zeus - Héra | Mars |
Artémis | Zeus - Léto | Diane |
Asclépios | Apollon - Coronis | Esculape |
Athéna | Zeus - Métis | Minerve |
Atlas | Japet - Clyméné | |
Charon | Érèbe - Nyx | |
Chiron | Cronos - Philyra | |
Cronos | Ouranos | Saturne |
Déméter | Cronos - Rhéa | Cérès |
Dionysos | Zeus - Sémélé | Bacchus |
Éole | Poséidon | |
Eos | Hypérion - Théïa | Aurore |
Eris | Nyx | Discorde |
Eros | - | Cupidon |
Gaïa | Chaos | Terra |
Hadès | Cronos - Rhéa | Pluton |
Hécate | Persès - Astéria | Trivia |
Hélios | Hypérion - Théïa | Sol |
Héphaïstos | Zeus - Héra | Vulcain |
Héra | Cronos - Rhéa | Junon |
Hermès | Zeus - Maïa | Mercure |
Hestia | Cronos - Rhéa | Vesta |
Hygie | Ascléspios - Épione | |
Léto | Coéos - Phoébé | Latone |
Maïa | Atlas - Pléioné | Maia |
Métis | Océanos - Téthys | |
Minos | Zeus - Europe | |
Némésis | Nyx | Fortuna |
Mnémosyne | Ouranos - Gaïa | |
Nyx | Chaos | |
Océanos | Ouranos - Gaïa | |
Ouranos | Gaïa | Uranus |
Pan | Hermès - Nymphe | Faunus |
Perséphone | Zeus - Déméter | Proserpine |
Poséidon | Cronos - Rhéa | Neptune |
Rhadamanthe | Zeus - Europe | |
Rhéa | Ouranos - Gaïa | Ops - Cybèle |
Séléné | Hyperion - Théïa | Luna |
Sémélé | Cadmos - Harmonia | |
Thémis | Ouranos - Gaïa | |
Thétis | Nérée - Doris | |
Triton | Poséidon - Amphitrite | |
Zeus | Cronos - Rhéa | Jupiter |
Aurora (Bringer of light) and Orion (mighty hunter and fire-setter) | Janus |
Table of Roman Equivalents of Greek Gods
The Romans had many gods and personifications. When they came into contact with other people with their own collection of deities, the Romans often found what they considered equivalents to their gods. The correspondence between the Greek and Roman gods is closer than that of, say, the Romans and the Britons, because the Romans adopted many of the myths of the Greeks, but there are cases where Roman and Greek versions are only approximations.
With that proviso in mind, here are the names of the Greek gods and goddesses, paired with the Roman equivalent, where there is a difference. (Apollo is the same in both.)
For a more complete listing of Roman gods, see Roman Gods and Goddesses.
Greek Name | Roman Name | Description |
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Zeus | Jupiter | King of Gods |
Hera | Juno | Goddess of Marriage |
Poseidon | Neptune | God of the Sea |
Cronos | Saturn | Youngest son of Uranus, Father of Zeus |
Aphrodite | Venus | Goddess of Love |
Hades | Pluto | God of the Underworld |
Hephaestus / Hēphaistos | Vulcan | God of the Forge |
Demeter | Ceres | Goddess of the Harvest |
Apollo | Apollo | God of Music and Medicine |
Athena | Minerva | Goddess of Wisdom |
Artemis | Diana | Goddess of the Hunt |
Ares | Mars | God of War |
Hermes | Mercury | Messenger of the Gods |
Dionysus | Bacchus | God of Wine |
Persephone | Proserpine | Goddess of Underworld |
Eros | Cupid | God of Love |
Gaia / Gaea | Terra | Goddess of Earth |
Hypnos | Somnus | God of Sleep |
Rhea | Ops | Mother of Zeus / Wife of Cronus |
Uranus | Uranus | Father of the Titans |
Nike | Victoria | Goddess of Victory |
Eos | Aurora | Goddess of the Dawn |
Pan | Faunus | God of shepherds |
Selene | Luna | Goddess of the Moon |
Helios | Sol | God of the Sun |
Heracles | Hercules | Son of Zeus |
Odysseus | Ulysses | Greek Hero |