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zeus: lightning bolt and hawk poseidon: trident and horse hades: helm of drakness and cerebrus athena:owl and olive tree hera: peacock aphrodite:dove ares: battle axe and a dog hermes: winged shoes apollo: lyre

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Aspects of nature overwhelming to man that required some sort of explanation. Lightning, rivers, death, the sun, war. Anything that sparked wonder became a part of a wide, shared mythology.

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Why should they not? So have Christian saints.

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Greek gods and goddesses have symbols because they symbolize there powers or weapons.

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