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2 days ago · Ares (Ἄρης, Árēs) God of courage, war, bloodshed, and violence. The son of Zeus and Hera, he was depicted as a beardless youth, either nude with a helmet and spear or sword, or as an armed warrior. Homer portrays him as moody and unreliable, and as being the most unpopular god on earth and Olympus (Iliad 5.890–1).
1 day ago · God of wine, vegetation, fertility, festivity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre Member of the Twelve Olympians Second-century Roman statue of Dionysus, after a Hellenistic model (ex-coll. Cardinal Richelieu , Louvre ).
1 day ago · In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Artemis (/ ˈɑːrtɪmɪs /; Greek: Ἄρτεμις) is the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity. [ 1 ][ 2 ] In later times, she was identified with Selene, the personification of the Moon. [ 3 ]
3 days ago · Zeus, in ancient Greek religion, chief deity of the pantheon, a sky and weather god who was identical with the Roman god Jupiter. He was regarded as the sender of thunder and lightning, rain, and winds, and his traditional weapon was the thunderbolt. Zeus was called the father of both gods and men.
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- Zeus is the god of the sky in ancient Greek mythology. As the chief Greek deity, Zeus is considered the ruler, protector, and father of all gods an...
- Zeus’s name shares a similar origin with the sky god Dyaus of Hinduism, mentioned in the Rigveda. It is believed that many proto-Indo-European myth...
- Zeus fathered many children. Among the most well-known are Athena, the goddess of war; Perseus, the hero known for slaying Medusa; and Persephone,...
- In some versions of Greek mythology, Zeus ate his wife Metis because it was known that their second child would be more powerful than him. After Me...
16 hours ago · When these are stimulated by itching, they shake mutually and, fighting with great force, strike each other. A ram is also called ărĭēs which is also the name of the God Mars, in Greek Ἄρης/Ares . Hence, among us, in herds, males are called mares, for this type of animal was at first sacrificed on the altars, area, by the pagans.
1 day ago · Millennia ago when humans heard voices — as schizophrenics commonly do today — our ancestors would have believed them to be divine. In effect, Athene, Artemis and Ares would have been issuing commands to our early ancestors. Gods and Ancient Greeks: The Tipping Point. Originally, Jaynes believes, the god-side of the brain dominated.
16 hours ago · When they won, Zeus, Hades and Poseidon divvied up the world amongst themselves: The underworld went to Hades and Poseidon scored the seas and oceans, which let Zeus rule the skies. 2. Zeus Was the Father or Brother of the Olympian Gods. Zeus sits at the top of the food chain in the Greek world. He's known as the king of the gods and a ruler of ...
