Zeus
He is depicted with lightning a sceptre or an eagle, or any of the metamorphoses was transformed.
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God of light, the serene sky and lightning, although it is not identified with the Sun, in the same way that Poseidon is not identified with the sea or Apollo with the Sun. In Hellenic thought, the gods have lost the cosmic value that could be another point in its evolution, and is treated as a symbol of the one God who embodies the Cosmos. In Rome, Zeus was identified with Jupiter, as the God of the bright sky and God as protector of the city, in his temple on the Capitol.
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Hera
sually represent majestic, on a throne and crowned with the 'poles'. Sometimes it is in the hand a grenade.
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He was the protector of married women.
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The largest of all the Olympic goddesses, Hera was eldest daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and therefore sister of Zeus. Like all his siblings, it was swallowed by Cronus, but it was returned to life by the cunning of Metis and the strength of Zeus, the only son who had not been swallowed.

Hades
Hades is often depicted holding a Horn of plenty, a symbol of wealth. It appears only rarely, usually alongside his wife and with the sceptre. He is depicted with a beard, hair aspros, just like Poseidon and Zeus. It is also common that a rooster, animal sacrificed to the Chthonic deities appear intheir representations.
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Hades is the God of the dead. The Greek official religion all souls are directed in Hades, although there were also various sects which promised another salvation rituals Orphic, Dionysian.
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Hades is the son of Cronus and Hera and brother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hera and Demeter. With Zeus and Poseidon, is one of the three sovereigns that divided the rule of the universe after his victory against the Titans: Hades was attributed the underworld, hell, or Tartarus.

Poseidon
It is represented as armed with Trident, which is the weapon par excellence of the tuna fishermen, and mounted in a car swept by monstrous animals, half horse half snake. This car is surrounded by fish, dolphins, marine animals of all sorts of Nereids, and diverse geniuses.
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Poseidon was Lord of a wonderful island: Atlantis. He was the protector of the sailors: in a naval engagement, it was him who decided what team should win. It also receives the worship of many places eminently sailors of the coast, especially in Súnium, Attica.

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Poseidon is one of the Olympic, son of Cronus and Rhea. According to the traditions, sometimes is considered the brother of Zeus, but in others the minor. The most ancient legend that tells that Zeus obliges his father Cronus to return children who had swallowed,supposed that Zeus is the youngest of the progeny, in the same way as Cronus, he overthrew his father to the youngest of the children However, to the right of primogeniture and sobiranía was developed in Zeus, it became the largest. Therefore in the legends of the time classical Poseidon is generally considered the younger than his brother.

Apolo
It is representing Apollo as a God very beautiful, high, marked especially by their long black curls of bluish reflections, as the petals of the thought (kouros). The bow is the weapon par excellence of Apolo.
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God of light, knowledge, music, poetry, prophecy, and archery. The symbols include the Sun, the lira, arc and the arrow, Raven, dolphin, Wolf, Swan and mouse. Twin brother of Artemis. Younger son of Zeus and Leto.
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Apolo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and brother of the goddess Artemis. Therefore, he is a God of second generation. Zeus, jealous of Leto, had pursued the girl throughout the land. Tired of escape the wrath of the wife of Zeus, Leto was looking for a site where giving birth to children that was carrying in her womb, but had the problem that the Earth refused to accept, fearing the wrath of Hera. Only a sterile, and floating island called Ortygia, or perhaps Asteria (the island of the quails), consented to give asylum to the hapless. It was in this place where Apollowas born. Thankful, the God set the island at the center of the Greek world and gave him the name of Delos the 'brilliant'

Afrodita
In the 7th century a.C is often appears with Crown and sumptuous dresses; but since the 4th century already is depicted nude or nearly so, with a wide range of positions.
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Together with his son Eros, was the quintessential love goddess. According to a late philosophy, Plato distinguished two types of goddess Afrodita Pandemo, the popular and the Urano, the goddess of pure love. For all painters, it is the ideal excuse to represent the ideal of beauty.
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The birth of Aphrodite has been broadcast as two versions: ora is the daughter of Zeus and Dione ora daughter of Uranus (Aphrodite Ourania, pure love goddess), whose sexual organs, cut by Cronus, fell into the sea and engendered the goddess. Barely out of the sea, the Céfiros took her first to Cythera and then to the coast of Cyprus, where he was welcomed by the stations, dressed, dressed and driven them to the abode of the immortals.
Ares
It represents with breastplate and helmet, and armed with shield, spear and sword. Their size is superhuman and uttering cries terrribles. He is usually depicted fighting on foot, but also is on a chariot drawn by four horses. Consecrated animals are the dog and Vulture, and usually present in depictions of theGod.
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In the own Greece was the subject of a particular cult in Thebes, where considered it ancestor of the descendants of Cadmus. There he had a spring guarded by a dragon that was his son. When Cadmus wanted to take water, in order to make a sacrifice, the Dragon tried to stop them. Cadmus killed him, but then had to atone for this crime Ares to serve for eight years as a slave.
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Ares was the son of Zeus and Hera, and therefore belongs to the second generation of the Olympic, unlike his sister Hebe and Eileithyia, which are secondary divinities. Since Homeric times, Ares appears as the spirit of the battle, which delights in killing and blood. In the case of the Trojan war, fought mostly in favor of the Trojans.
Atenea
It is represented by armor Hoplite, i.e. with the spear, the helmet and the aegis (kind of goatskin breastplate). In the nomination there are represented the head of the Gorgon Medusa, Perseus had given him. His favorite animal is the OWL; its plant, the olive tree. High, serene features, more majestic than bella, Athena are described traditionally as the 'Goddess of eyes garzos'.
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the protection afforded to Ulysses and Heracles, Athena symbolizes the help provided by the spirit to the brute force and the personal value of the heroes. For this reason, it is considered in the Greek world, especially inAthens, its city (which had given its name), the goddess of reason.
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Athena is the daughter of Zeus and Metis. It was pregnant and about to give birth to a daughter, when Zeus her engulfed. It did so by Council of Uranus and Gaia, have revealed you that if Metis gave birth a daughter, would then have a son to join the Empire of heaven to Zeus.

Gods of Olympus

Wilmer Julian Garzón Correa
Daniel Felipe Ayala Rivera

I.E.D Divino Maestro
2012

Hefesto
He is depicted as a man with long hair, sleeveless tunic. Lame and ugly, but cordial. Wise, competent, busy in his forge
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God herrero, Lord of fire and metals, protector of artisans and potters all those working with fire.
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He is the son of Zeus and Hera, although some news argue that it was the only son of Hera, which would have engendered it herself in revenge because Zeus had done the same for child-bearing Athena. Some legends claim that his mother Hera drove him out of Olympus because he was lame and deformed, others, that was his father Zeus who thrust him due to a conspiracy of Hera and Hephaestus to overthrow him. One way or another, his body fell into the sea where two Nereids, Tethys and Eurinome, picked it up and looked after it on the island of Lemnos until he grew up