What were the names of the ancient greek gods?

Answer 1

• Aphrodite
• Apollo
• Ares
• Artemis
• Athena
• Demeter
• Dionysus
• Gaea
• Hades
• Hephaestus
• Hera
• Hermes
• Hestia
• Kronos
• Persephone
• Poseidon
• Zeus

The Olympians are

Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Hermes, Aphrodite, Ares, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis and Hephaestus.

Answer 2

There were 12 main Olympian gods. The rest are Titans and less important.

Zeus- The king of the gods, ruler of mount Olympus and the god of sky and thunder.

Hera- Wife and sister of Zeus

Aphrodite- Goddess of love

Apollo- God of the sun

Athena- Goddess of wisdom

Ares- Brother of Athena, God of War

Artemis- Goddess of the hunt, wild things and the moon. Also Apollo's twin sister.

Demeter- Goddess of fertility and grain. She is Zeus's sister, and daughter of Chronus and Rhea.

Dinoysus- god of parties!

Hades- God of the underworld and wealth. Zeus, Poseidon and Hera are his Siblings.

Hephaestus- God of fire and metal forging. Son of Hera and Zeus somewhat. Married to Aphrodite, but she cheats on him with Ares.

Hermes- God of flight, messenger of the gods. Zeus and Hera made him, which makes him an incest baby.

Hestia- Goddess of the home. Daughter of Rhea and Chronus.

Poseidon- God of the sea and earthquakes aswell.

Answer 3

There were twelve main gods and goddesses; the Olympians.

Zeus: The ruler of the sky, the reason behind lightning and thunder. He was also the ruler of the gods; and the wife of Hera. His most famous (mortal) son is Heracles, who was conceived by Zeus and the human Alcmene.

Poseidon: The ruler of the sea and the land, and the creator of the horses. He was often known as the destructor because he created natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis. He's one of the two brothers of Zeus.

Dionysus: One of Zeus' immortal sons, the god of wine. He had a lot of children, one of them being Methe - the goddess of drunkenness. He took Hestia's place on Mount Olympus as one of the Olympians - Hestia was the goddess of the home and the hearth, and she was one of the three Virgin Goddesses.

Hephaestus: The blacksmith and armourer god. He was created by Hera - on her own, just like Athena sprang from Zeus' mind; Hera was jealous - and Hera, disgusted by the hideousness of her creation, threw him off Mount Olympus.

Ares: The god of war. Eros, the god of love, was one of his children - the mother was Aphrodite, who was unhappily married to Hephaestus. Deimos, was also one of his children, again by Aphrodite, was the god of fear. Ares and Aphrodite had quite a love affair.

Apollo: The god of sun, haiku and Archery. His twin sister was Artemis, and his father was Zeus. Orpheus, the singing half-god, was one of Apollo's children - Asklepios, the god of healing, was his other famous son.

Hermes: The god of thieves, travelers and news. Hermes was the news-bringer for the gods on Mount Olympus. He could fly because he had magic shoes with wings. Some of his children were Angelia, the goddess of messages, and Pan, the goat god of shepherds.

Aphrodite: The goddess of love. Forced to marry Hephaestus, but had a long-lasting love affair with Ares. Rhode was one of her children; the father was no other than the sea-god Poseidon.

Athena: The goddess of war strategy, creativity, and wisdom. She was the daughter of Zeus, only Zeus, as she had sprung from his mind during a fight. She had no children, as she was one of the three Virgin Goddesses. Aphrodite put love spells on her to break her vow of a life as a non-married goddess, but Athena didn't sway.

Artemis: The goddess of the moon and the animals. Also one of the three Virgin Goddesses. Her twin brother was Apollo. She was (of course) the daughter of Zeus.

Hera: Married to Zeus, and the goddess of marriage. She was jealous of the fact that Athena had simply sprung from Zeus' mind, so she tried to do the same. Her offspring, Hephaestus, was so hideous that she threw him straight off Mount Olympus.

Demeter: The goddess of fertility. Her Roman name is Ceres, which is where we get our word "cereal" from. Her daughter, Persephone, was abducted by Hades because she had eaten some fruit from the Underworld. You can never leave when you've eaten food from the Underworld. She later married him.

Although Hades wasn't ever really an Olympian - he had no business on Mount Olympus, because he had to take care of the Underworld - he's worth a mention. He was the brother of Poseidon and Zeus, and he was married to Persephone.
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Answer 4

The names of some of the Ancient Greek gods include Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Ares, Artemis, Hera, Hephaestus , Aphrodite, Hestia, Apollo, Hermes, and others.