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Hera, Zeus' wife is persistent on seeing Troy's defeat. In The Iliad, we see gods clash among mortal men on the battlefield as well as on Olympus. She even offers Zeus to destroy anyone of her cities in replacement for the destruction of Troy. In the Aeneid, Hero is known as Juno and she hated Troy to the extent that she does everything in her power to stop a Trojan to found Rome and create the Roman Empire.
Athena's favourite warrior is Odysseus and we can see her assistnat in The Iliad as well as in The Odyssey. They both share the characteristics of cunning (intelligence)
In Contrast, Apollo and Aphrodite support the Trojans.
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Why did they call eros cupied?
Eros was the god of love to the Greeks. The Romans called their god of love Cupid and associated the two gods with each other.
Are all gods and goddesses immortal?
I depends on which mythology. The Greeks believed that the gods veins flowed with a golden substance know as ichor, which made them immortal. The Norse and Egyptian on the other hand both had characters in their mythology who were killed. Most famous among these two are Osiris and Balder
Which two teams fought in the Trojan war?
the greeks and the trojans
Do you think the ethics of Homer are probably a reliable source of information about the history of the ancient Greeks?
According to me I will say,yes the epic of Homer are probably a reliable source of information about history of the ancient Greeks because we get hints about life during this period from two great epic poems, the Iliad( the greatest source of information about the Trojan War) and Odysseus, reveal much about the values of the ancient Greeks.
Why did the Romans used the Greek gods but changed their names?
The 'Roman Names' were worshiped and known to the Romans before the Greek; when the Greek people were conquered, their gods and goddesses were incorporated into the Roman gods and goddesses; so it is that it is near impossible to now tell the difference between the two. That, by the way, was a common practice of the Romans, adopting the gods and goddesses of the people they conquered/ruled.
What did ancient Greeks believe about gods' involvement in the mortal world?
The Greeks believed that the gods created the world and held balens between the two worlds.
The Greeks believed that there were two original gods that gave birth to the next generation of gods who in turn gave birth to the rest?
The two gods where Gaia the earth and Uranus the sky.
Why is wine called nectar by the Greeks gods and goddesses?
they are two different things
What are two ways ancient Greeks honored their gods?
~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.
Two gods that the people in ancient Greece believed in?
Zeus and Hades were gods that the ancient Greeks believed in, and several others were believed by them as well.
What two things did the Greeks learn from trading with other people?
they learned how to pray to their diffrent gods
Who was the Greek's greatest comic author?
The two greatest comic authors, after Aristophanes, as the Greeks thought, were Cratinus and Eupolis. (Arisrophane was the greatest comic author)
What body of water did ancient Greeks live by?
the greeks lived by this natural superstiton , as in other words thier gods , like zues and achilles , the god of fire,beauty,waters,dirt the list goes on , and of coarse their government system , which again was a huge part on their gods .
To the Greeks these two gods manifest the extremes of moderation and excess?
Moderation was embodied in the goddess Sophrosyne. However Sophrosyne is also a concept, and the opposite of it is Aphrosyne, however, the Greeks had no God as such. The closest they had was Ate, the personification of recklessness.
What is the counterpart of Mars in greek mythology?
His Greek name was Ares. There are some people who think that Ares and Mars were two separate Gods, but in truth, the Romans ripped off most of the Gods and Goddesses from the Greeks.
Why did they call eros cupied?
Eros was the god of love to the Greeks. The Romans called their god of love Cupid and associated the two gods with each other.
What are the similarities between greek and Egyptian gods?
The Greeks adopted many gods of the Egyptian pantheon. The Greeks assimilated much of Egyptian religion into their own faith and worship life. The way the Greeks offered divine patronage was also similar--even though the Greeks may have had different names for their deities.
