From this we get the name of a modern planet.

Greek god names of planets. The planet Uranus is so named because it is adjacent to Saturn. In Romance languages which were derived directly from Latin the name of Jupiter is retained. Jupiter the fifth planet from the sun is the largest planet in our solar system.

Greek gods planets named after. The other planets were not discovered until much later after telescopes were invented. Earth is the only planet not named after a Roman god or goddess but it is associated with the goddess Terra Mater Gaea to the Greeks.

Okay Ill get my coatS. The Greek god Uranus or Ouranus was the god of the planet Uranus. He was god of the sky and the wife of Gaia.

The Moon Mercury Venus. He could be a merciless and cruel god and he paid his karmic debt when his son Cronus castrated him with a scythe. The tradition of naming the planets after Greek and Roman gods and goddesses was carried on.

After the Doomsday cataclysm Minoan tradition gave way. Greek Kronos and Rhea In Minoan mythology Saturn was known as the Great Goddess and Rhea was known as the Mistress of Animals. In the western world ALL the planets are named after Roman gods Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn.

Jupiter the solar systems biggest planet was named for the king of the Roman gods while the reddish color of the planet Mars led the Romans to name it after their god of war. I call Uranus a modern planet because being unseen by the naked eye this planet was unknown to the ancients. The west still uses the old Roman names.