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Did the ancient Greeks believe in 20 gods?

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The ancient Greeks believed in 14 major gods and goddesses and many more deities and spirits. The major gods were Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis. Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus.

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