They represented a way to explain life. I.E. lightning strikes because Zeus, king of the gods and the sky, is striking down an opponent, or the sun rises because Apollo rides his sun chariot across the sky, making the sun move across the sky. As to explain life itself through the Greek Gods, the essence of life was born from Chaos: the Earth (Gaia), the sea, day (Hemera), night (Nyx), the underworld (Tartarus, better known as Hades), and Love (Eros, AKA Cupid). From these things, everything else was reproduced from Mother Earth.
Most of the planets are named after Greek and/or Roman gods.
zues put stars in heaven to represent memorials forthe greek gods and godesses
Most of the planets are named after Roman gods. However, the Romans took their gods from the Greeks and gave them Greek names, such as Zeus is Jupiter and Hera is Juno. Spiffy-Entertainment says: Mercury was named after Mercury, the Roman counterpart of Hermes, Zeus' messenger. Venus is named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love(Venus is Roman for Aphrodite). Terra, the goddess of land, is where Earth comes from. Mars is for Ares, the god of war. Jupiter is Zeus, the king of the gods. Saturn is Cronus, who is Zeus' father. Uranus represents Father Sky, who was the father of Cronus and the wife of Gaea. Neptune is for Poseidon and Pluto is named after Hades. Technically, no Greek gods represent planets, but their Roman equals do.
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No gods are named after planets. But the planets are named after Roman gods.
Most of the planets are named after Greek and/or Roman gods.
Yes, they did. Most gods had a specific animal to represent them, eg. Poseidon had a dolphin, and Athena had an Owl.
Ancient Greek temples represent Greece's respect, compassion and loyalty of the gods. Also it represented the importance of balance and order and the idea of beauty.
Hatred, and upon it's waters were binding oaths among the Greek gods sworn.
I'm afraid no. If you believe in the greek gods, go to places that represent their symbol and ask for guidance (maybe). Really your on your own. Try camp half-blood if you believe in the Gods. Good luck with that.
zues put stars in heaven to represent memorials forthe greek gods and godesses
The leader of the Gods; ruler of the heavens. Jupiter is the Roman name for the Greek God Zeus.
the columns on a temlple represent the Olympian gods
No, the Greek gods are myth.
Gods from Greek Mythology:AphroditeApolloArtemisAthenaDionysusHeraHermesPoseidonZeus
Yes, the Greek gods are immortal.
In many ways, he represented the Greek "everyman" a simple fisherman who honored the gods and did what was expected, even when he had nothing to gain. As a reward for his honor, he was made king of Seriphos. He represents the moral "honor the gods and be rewarded".