Zeus and Hera arranged for their son, Hephaestus to marry her. Although Hephaestus was deformed and ugly, she did not mind marrying him. She thought that he would give her the freedom she needed, instead of controlling her as the other gods had tried. However, Aphrodite loved being independent and glamorous more than anything, and soon grew tired of her marriage. At this point, she had an affair with Ares. Hephaestus caught the two together, but Aphrodite showed no shame or remorse for her actions. She felt that this was acceptable behavior as the goddess of love. Aphrodite is attributed with the dolphin, the dove, the swan, the pomegranate, and the myrtle and lime are her trees. The dove, the swan, and the sparrow her birds.

Apollo had one of the widest ranges of divine attributes. He was mainly represented as a beautiful young male. The patron of archery and bows, his arrows brought plague and sickness to humans, and paradoxically Apollo was also the patron of medicine; he was father of Asklepios, the greatest of mythical doctors. The patron of music and the arts, he was often depicted with a lyre. One myth tells how the satyr Marsyas picked up the flute with Athene had cursed and dared to challenge Apollo to a music competition. Like most Olympians, the god hated to see his prowess challenged, and when Marsyas lost the competition Apollo had him flayed alive for his insolence.

Apollo had many loves, most which ended in tragedy. Cassandra, the daughter of King Priam of Troy, agreed to give herself to Apollo, who in return promised her the gift of prophecy. When she reneged, Apollo added a twist to his gift, by ensuring that she was never believed.

The Archer, far shooting with a silver bow. The god of healing who taught man medicine. The god of light. The god of truth, who can not speak a lie. No mortal or god was ever known to surpass him. Zeus, Apollo’s father, gave him a golden chariot pulled by four white horses. This gift was also accompanied by a golden bow and arrows. One of Apollo's more important daily tasks is to harness his chariot with four horses an drive the Sun across the sky. His tree was the laurel. The crow his bird. The dolphin his animal.

Like Apollo, Artemis was represented with a bow. She was usually depicted as a young woman in hunting garb, sometimes with young animals, and often sporting horns in the shape of crescent moon: she was frequently associated with the moon, in the same way that Apollo was associated with the sun. Many of her numerous cults were connected with female times of transition such as birth, puberty and death. On reaching puberty, noble Athenian girls went through Artemisian initiation rites at Brauron, a few miles from Athens, where they were called "bears," - the she-bear was a symbol of the goddess.

Artemis rode in a silver chariot pulled by four white horses. She also had a silver bow and arrow, a pack of hounds, twenty wood nymphs, and twenty water nymphs. Artemis had great hunting skill, and roamed the countryside looking for a target worthy of her skill. Artemis is associated with the moon, and is attributed with the bow and arrow. The cypress is her tree. All wild animals are scared to her, especially the deer.

Dionysus is also one of the very few that was able to bring a dead person out of the underworld. Dionysus became one of the most important gods in everyday life. He became associated with several key concepts. One was rebirth after death. Here his dismemberment by the Titans and return to life is symbolically echoed in tending vines, where the vines must be pruned back sharply, and then become dormant in winter for them to bear fruit. The other is the idea that under the influence of wine, one could feel possessed by a greater power. Unlike the other gods Dionysus was not only outside his believers but, also within them. At these times a man might be greater then himself and do works he otherwise could not. The festival for Dionysus is in the spring when the leaves begin to reappear on the vine. It became one of the most important events of the year. It's focus became the theater. Most of the great Greek plays were initially written to be performed at the feast of Dionysus. All who took part writers, actors, spectators were regarded as scared servants of Dionysus during the festival.

There was a strong cult of the goddess Eileithyia in Crete, especially in the cities Lato and Eleutherna. The goddess is mentioned in Linear script B from Knossos as Eleuthia, which is a dialect form of her name, variously written in Greek language.(2) The offerings of different sorts found from her caves at Amnisos and at Inatos confirm that her cult was very popular in Crete. One stalagmite in Amnisos cave was perhaps treated as an aniconic religious image of the goddess. The cult in Crete continued from the Minoan period throughout the Hellenistic and Roman times.

We have not any prove about worshipping the goddess Eileithyia in the Greek mainland during Mycenaean period. In tablets with Linear script B from Pylos she is not mentioned too. But many small terracotta figures (kourotrophos), are demonstrating , that a sacred nurse, taking care about children, existed.

In Greek mythological iconography Eileithyia took a place probably under the Homeric tradition. One, but mostly two women - Eileithyiai attend Zeus during the birth of Athena on the decoration of some black figured vases from the 6th century BC. Evidently, they are sisters, -daughters of Hera-, their type and clothes are similar.

The sanctuaries and shrines of the goddess Eileithyia in the Greek mainland during Hellenistic and Roman time are mentioned by Pausanias in Athens, Tenea and Argos, but mainly in Aigion, where existed a cult statue of the goddess from Damophon.(3) The wooden statue with the face, hands and feet from Pentelic marmor was dressed with fine cloths. Eileithyia was holding in both of her hands torches, because she was bringing children into light, out of darkness. With this attribute - torch - sometimes Artemis is depicted as well as Persephone.