<Tr> <Td> Dionysus (or Bacchus) </Td> <Td> Bacchus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> God of wine, the grape vine, fertility, festivity, ecstasy, madness and resurrection . Patron god of the art of theatre . Symbols include the grapevine, ivy, cup, tiger, panther, leopard, dolphin, goat, and pinecone . Son of Zeus and the mortal Theban princess Semele . Married to the Cretan princess Ariadne . The youngest Olympian god, as well as the only one to have a mortal mother . </Td> </Tr> <Ol> <Li> <Dl> <Dt> Notes </Dt> </Dl> </Li> <Li> Romans also associated Phoebus with Helios and the sun itself, however, they also used the Greek name Apollon in a Latinized form Apollo . </Li> <Li> According to an alternate version of her birth, Aphrodite was born of Uranus, Zeus' grandfather, after Cronus threw his castrated genitals into the sea . This supports the etymology of her name, "foam - born". As such, Aphrodite would belong to the same generation as Cronus, Zeus' father, and would be Zeus' aunt . See the birth of Aphrodite </Li> </Ol> <Li> <Dl> <Dt> Notes </Dt> </Dl> </Li> <Dl> <Dt> Notes </Dt> </Dl>

The major gods and goddesses of greek mythology