There are 12 widely known gods. There are many minor gods/godesses.
1. Zeus- King of all gods. "God of all Gods"
2. Hera- Goddess of Marriage, Woman, and Children
3. Hades- God of the Underworld (where people go after death)
4. Poseidon- God of the Sea and Horses.
5. Hestia- Goddess of home and the hearth. (Leaves "the chair" and goes into "another world because of all the other Gods fighting.")
6. Demeter- Goddess of Garden- Leaves to tend her garden. She has to split her daughter Persephone with Hades, they each get her for 6 months, and the 6 months that Demeter does not have her it is Winter.
7. Apollo- God of Light and music.
8. Artemis -Goddess of Hunt.
9. Athena- Goddess of war, weapon, and wisdom. (Patron goddess of Sparta and Athens.)
10. Hephaestus- God of craftsmen and blacksmith
11. Aphrodite- Goddess of Love and Beauty
12. Ares- God of War.
13. Hermes- Messenger of the Gods.
14. Dionysus- god of party.
15.demetre-god of the harvest
16.reycoldia-god of drama
I am sorry to say that the Greek gods are almost innumerable. To have an idea, click the link below and see all the names in the menu!
Misconception here; the Romans did not adopt Greek gods and change their names. They already had their own gods and simply equated them to Greek gods later.
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Gods from Greek Mythology:AphroditeApolloArtemisAthenaDionysusHeraHermesPoseidonZeus
The ancient Greek Gods did not have second (or family) names.
The Greek gods have 2 names because they are known in both Greek AND Roman mythology, only in differant names.
Greek or Romans ?
Yes all names have capitals
The Romans based their gods on the Greek gods and only changed the names.
ZeusPoseidonHadesHestiaHeraAresAthenaApolloAphroditeHermesArtemisHephaestus
Yes they were named after Greek gods. They are the same gods same power but different names. The most important gods are named after planets
I am sorry to say that the Greek gods are almost innumerable. To have an idea, click the link below and see all the names in the menu!
Elements got their names from their latin names,greek gods,or from the names of the persons who discovered them.
Misconception here; the Romans did not adopt Greek gods and change their names. They already had their own gods and simply equated them to Greek gods later.
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