God of marriage ceremonies inspiring feasts and song.
Greek god names for planets. Aris or Ares was the Greek god of War. Jupiter Saturn Mars Venus and Mercury were given their names thousands of years ago. Jupiter also rules over Thursday.
This group comprised the five planets visible to the naked eye Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn and latterly broadened to include the Sun and the Moon making a total of seven planets. The west still uses the old Roman names. Jupiter the fifth planet from the sun is the largest planet in our solar system.
I call Uranus a modern planet because being unseen by the naked eye this planet was unknown to the ancients. In Romance languages which were derived directly from Latin the name of Jupiter is retained. English being a Germanic language renamed Jupiters day Thors Day after a Germanic Norse god who bore many similarities to Jupiter.
According to Greek mythology Uranus was the grandfather of Zeus Jupiter and father of Cronus Saturn. The Greek god of sleep. Who are the Greek gods of the Planets.
After the invention of telescopes another 3 planets were identified Unanus Neptune Pluto. Jupiter Saturn Mars Venus and Mercury were given their names thousands of years ago. Sumerian astronomers named the sun moon and five visible planets Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn after their great gods.
Why is Uranus named after a Greek god. The other planets were not discovered until much later after telescopes were invented. All of the planets except for Earth were named after Roman gods and goddesses.