It depends on the desire of influence and social situation of the person concerned.
Cause the greek were the ones that invented it
No
It is fiction, even though the gods mentioned in the book were real gods in Greek mythology, and some of the stories in the book are similar to ones in Greek mythology.
It depends on which country's mythology. I'm only knowledgeable in Greek and Roman myths, my specialty being Greek ones.
The Erinyes (angry ones), also called Eumenides (gracious ones).
Click link below, to see the Family tree of the Greek gods! The ones in green and the ones above that level are the elder gods.
The Kindly Ones were the Furies. They supervised the torments that were given to the wicked in Tartarus.
There are TONS of goddesses in greek mythology. The major ones are Hera, Demeter, Athena, Artemis, and Aphrodite, though. A couple minor ones are Nyx, Hemera, Selene...
There are actually many books on Greek Mythology. Some popular ones include:Mythology (by Edith Hamilton)D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths (by Ingri D'Aulaire)The Complete World of Greek Mythology (by R. G. A. Buxton)See the 'related links' for more Greek myth books.
In simplest terms, they were the parents of the gods. The most well known ones were Atlas and Kronos.
In Ancient Roman times, people believed in gods. These gods are similar to the ones in Greek Mythology, with the same powers, but just different names, appearances and a bit of personality. There are countless gods in Roman mythology. Here are the main ones: Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto.
Someone who thinks he/she is above everyone else, even his love ones. Comes from the Greek mythology character Narcis