realms of the dead. Earth and Olympus were common property.
Jupiter was king of gods and men. The thunder was his weapon,
and he bore a shield called AEgis, made for him by Vulcan. The
eagle was his favorite bird, and bore his thunderbolts.

Juno (Hera)[pronounce He-re, in two syllables] was the wife of
Jupiter, and queen of the gods. Iris, the goddess of the
rainbow, was her attendant and messenger. The peacock was her
favorite bird.

Vulcan (Hephaistos), the celestial artist, was the son of Jupiter
and Juno. He was born lame, and his mother was so displeased at
the sight of him that she flung him out of heaven. Other
accounts say that Jupiter kicked him out for taking part with his
mother, in a quarrel which occurred between them. Vulcan's
lameness, according to this account, was the consequence of his
fall. He was a whole day falling, and at last alighted in the
island of Lemnos, which was thenceforth sacred to him. Milton
alludes to this story in Paradise lost, Book I.

"From morn
To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,
A summer's day; and with the setting sun
Dropped from the zenith, like a falling star,
On Lemnos, the AEgean isle."

Mars (Ares), the god of war, was the son of Jupiter and Juno.
Phoebus Apollo [this is a Greek name of a Greek divinity, who
seems to have had no Roman resemblance], the god of archery,
prophecy, and music, was the son of Jupiter and Latona, and