Elements got their names from their latin names,greek gods,or from the names of the persons who discovered them.
the amazing thing is that alot of the gods and goddess are very similar to latin and other civilizaiotns. Romans copied greek mythology but gave it different names. the amazing thing is that alot of the gods and goddess are very similar to latin and other civilizaiotns. Romans copied greek mythology but gave it different names.
Romans named their gods after their natures: Cupid (Desire) and so on and so forth, from what we understand, however there are gods and goddesses from Roman myth whose names are of uncertain origin.
They didn't choose their gods. There wasn't a list that they checked off of. The answer you're looking for lies in the names themselves. Zeus for example, has its roots in an Indo-European word that means "to shine" and it shares that history with the Latin Jove, deus (god) and dies(day).So, you can see the names of the gods were indicative of what the god was representing. Forces of nature, abstract ideas and emotions; the names of the gods of Greece and Rome tell you not only who they are, but what they represented.
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The ancient Greek Gods did not have second (or family) names.
They didn't give then "new" names. They combined their existing mythos with that of the Greeks, replacing Greek names with Latin when appropriate. Some, like Apollo and Prometheus, had names that already worked, so they weren't changed.
They didn't give then "new" names. They combined their existing mythos with that of the Greeks, replacing Greek names with Latin when appropriate. Some, like Apollo and Prometheus, had names that already worked, so they weren't changed.
scietific names are usually Latin based
Gods from Greek Mythology:AphroditeApolloArtemisAthenaDionysusHeraHermesPoseidonZeus
Latin, or modern languages conforming with the rules of Latin.
because most of them are Latin names..... and Latin loves the letter A :)