This group of deities consisted of Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Demeter Dionysus Hephaestus Hera.
Roman names for the 12 olympian gods. Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks and a genre of Ancient Greek folkloreThese stories concern the origin and nature of the world the lives and activities of deities heroes and mythological creatures and the origins and significance of the ancient Greeks own cult and ritual practices. Get information on Greek and Roman mythology including names of gods and goddesses as well as the meaning behind their names. Children of Uranus and Gaea.
The pantheon of 12 major deities were. There is no single canonical list of the twelve Olympian gods. His usual attributes were a lightning bolt royal sceptre and eagle.
The Olympian Gods and Goddessses. The Roman poet Ennius gives the Roman equivalents the Dii Consentes as six male-female complements preserving the place of Vesta Greek Hestia who played a crucial role in Roman religion as a state goddess maintained by the Vestals. For example the Horae belonged to Zeus the Muses to Apollo Eileithyia and Hebe to Hera and the Erotes to Aphrodite.
Early gods from which Olympian gods were derived. His Roman name was Jupiter. Ancient Roman and Greek Gods and Mythology The Greek and Roman guide provides a glossary of terms and dictionary relating to the Roman and Greek Gods goddesses people places and events that feature in Roman and Greek mythology.
A number of other gods were described as Olympian. The most important gods of the Greek pantheon were the Twelve Olympians so-called due to the belief that they resided on the peak of Mount Olympus the highest mountain in Greece. Most of these were functionaries or minions of the Twelve.
Now do you see why I said the titans were really big. Zeus was the king of the ancient Greek gods and the god of the sky weather law and order destiny and fate. The titans in the first generation are the aunts uncles and parents of Zeus and company the well-known Olympian gods and goddessesThese titans are the 12 children of the primordial personifications of the earth Gaia and the sky.