Ok, Zeus is the king, Hera is the queen, Poseidon is the ocean or basically water, Hades is death, Demeter is agriculture, Athena is smartness or wisdom, Hestia is hearth basically fire, Hephaestus is crafts, Hermes is the messenger of the gods, Apollo is sun and music, Artemis is moon and animals, and last but not least Aphrodite is beauty and love.
Aries is a God of War, bloodlust, violence, manly courage, and civil order. The son of Zeus and Hera, he was depicted as either a mature, bearded warrior dressed in battle arms, or a beardless youth with helm and spear. His attributes are golden armour and a bronze-tipped spear, and his sacred animals are the eagle, owl, the vulture and the venomous snake.
Dionysus or Διόνυσος in Greek - god of wine, parties and festivals, madness and pleasure. He was depicted in art as either an older bearded god or a pretty effeminate, long-haired youth. His attributes include the Thyrsus (a pinecone-tipped staff), drinking cup, grape vine and a crown. A later addition to the Olympians, in some accounts he replaced Hestia
The Titains are still technically gods so I should tell you about some of them.
Lêtô or Λελαντος in Greek was the goddess of motherhood, mother of Artemis and Apollo.
Ouranos or Ουρανός in Greek was god of the heavens and father of the Titans
Krónos or Κρόνος in Greek was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of divine descendants of Gaia, the earth, and Uranus, the sky. He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological Golden Age, until he was overthrown by his own sons, Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon and imprisoned in Tartarus.
Kronus was usually depicted with a Sickle, which was also the weapon he used to castrate and depose Uranus, his father.
A birthplace for Hestia was not put down in the books Greeks wrote about their ancient gods and goddesses.
Because she was the most beautiful goddess. She loved everyone and hated noone.
Roman, Aphrodite is the Greeks name for Venus.
Greek mythology- the Greeks did not believe in one god they believed in many gods. Here are some that have thrones but there are many more. The god of storms and the god of the gods: Zeus The goddess of the gods: Hera The god of war: Ares The goddess of love: Aphrodite The god of music: Apollo The messenger of the gods: Hermes The goddess of harvest: Demeter The god of the sea: Poseidon The god of wine: Dionysus The goddess of war: Artemis The god of fire: Hephaestus The goddess of wisdom: Athena
It's the same; the Romans did not have a equivalent goddess. They used the same name as the Greeks.
well since the Greeks had 'Gods and Goddess'. The Gods and Goddess had a king.Zeus. The king of the Olympians.
The Greeks and Romans believed that that gods controlled the world.
They preformed rituals to honer their gods and goddesses.
Nike is named for the winged goddess of victory
By making a proper sacrifice for the god/goddess.
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The Greeks believed that gods and goddesses communicated with them through omens, dreams, and oracles such as the Oracle of Delphi. They saw these messages as guidance and instructions from the divine realm.
The Greeks literally related their people, the kings and commoners alike, to the Greek gods and goddesses, but none more so than Gaia, the goddess who personified the Earth itself.
The Greeks believed that a god or goddess was a significant being of ultimate power and will.
Because she is the goddess of the sea, wife of Poseidon on of twelve Olympian gods of the Greeks.
~Every 4 years the Greeks had the Olympic Games in honor of Zues and the other gods and goddesses. ~Athens was named after Athena, goddess of wisdom and war.
In terms of religion, the ancient Greeks believed in their gods and goddesses, who included:Zeus- the king of the gods and the lord of the skyPoseidon- the god of the seaHades- the god of the UnderworldAthena- the goddess of wisdom and warAres- the god of warArtemis- goddess of the huntSee 'related links' for more information and a family tree.