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Jun 3, 2022 · One of the traits that makes Greek mythology so enduring and endearing to time and history is that the gods have human qualities – good and bad. They value loyalty but they are also fiercely jealous.
- Cronus
- Apate
- Eris
- Zeus
- Deimos and Phobos
- Hera
- Ares
- Hades
- Hecate
- Enyo
Cronus was the son of Uranus, God of the Sky, and Gaia, Goddess of the Earth. He was the King of the Titansin the era prior to the reign of the Olympians and ruled with an iron fist. He had 5 brothers and 6 sisters, one of who, Rhea, he married. He was the Titan God of time, and in particular destructive time. He had a disloyal personality, often b...
Apate was the daughter of Erebos, the God of Darkness, and Nyx, the Goddess of Night. An ominous lineage if ever there was one. She had a number of siblings including Moros, who represented doom, Nemesis, representing retribution, and the Keres, representing violent death. She was the Goddess of deceit, deception, guile and fraud, not someone to bu...
Eris was the daughter of Zeus and Hera and the twin sister of Ares, the God of War. She was the Goddess of Conflict, Strife, Discord and Contention. Not the best of combinations. She would haunt the battlefield and took great delight in the act of war. She and Ares would often ride together, crying with glee at the terrible sight of war. She was of...
Zeus was the son of Cronus and Rhea. He was the King of the Olympian Gods and God of the Sky. He had a number of children including Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Heracles, and Dionysus. In many of the myths he is portrayed as being benevolent, wise and just however he also had a vengeful, vindictive side to him. This temper of his could cause natural di...
Deimos and Phobos were the sons of the Ares and Aphrodite. Phobos was the God of Fear and Terror while his brother Deimos was the God of Panic. The two brothers were said to often accompany Ares into battle. They were also very often joined by Ares’ sister Eris. The names of both Deimos and Phobos were feared and respected by soldiers across the ba...
Hera was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife of Zeus. She was the Queen of the gods and supposed to be concerned with the family and childbirth. However, there are so many tales of Hera committing some jealous act of revenge. Her husband Zeus was always having affairs and while she did argue with Zeus about this, she more often took her an...
Ares was the son of Zeus and Hera. He was also the God of War. He never took a wife, but he did cause Aphrodite to have an affair with him. He was seen as arrogant and violent and generally disliked by both the gods and humans. Very few worshipped him. He was a bloody minded character obsessed with killing, murder and slaughter. He had four horses ...
Hades was the son of Cronus and Rhea. He was the ruler of the underworld and king of the dead. He was married to Persephone and commanded the Harpies, a troupe of flying monsters who punished mankind. He was a cold and grim God who kept his distance from the other Gods. He had a deep and calculating rage and was often very jealous at the other Olym...
Hecate was a goddess that ruled mainly over spells and magic, essentially, witchcraft. She was also the goddess of the moon so her power usually resided in the night hours. She represented the unknown, something inherently scary and evil to mankind with the amount of bad possibilities that could come out of it. Hecate gathered a cult like following...
Enyo was the Greek goddess of war and destruction. She was often seen by Ares, some accounts claim they are brother and sister while others claim they were companions. She is one of the gods depicted on Ares’s shield. Wherever Enyo went she left a path of destruction behind her, destroying cities and causing general terror throughout the land. Duri...
Sep 22, 2021 · At the core of their religious system were 12 gods and goddesses known as the Olympians, who were venerated around Greece, as well as in Greek cities around the Black Sea and other colonies in the western Mediterranean.
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- Zeus. The god of the sky and the monarch of the Olympian Gods was Zeus. Although he is described in numerous mythologies as being kind, smart, and righteous, he also had a vicious and vengeful side.
- Cronus. Before the rule of the Olympians, Cronus was the king of the Titans and exercised an iron grip. Together with his four brothers, Cronus overthrew their father Uranus.
- Eris. Eris was the goddess of strife, contention, disagreement, and conflict. She would prowl the battlefield and used to get delighted in the violence of combat.
- Hades. In Greek mythology, Hades, the Lord of the Underworld, is connected to the afterlife and is frequently portrayed as a menacing and evil figure.
May 27, 2020 · The human acts and places of worship can tell us which gods were truly important in the Greek world. The polytheistic religion of ancient Greece consisted of a vast array of gods and goddesses and divine beings, from omnipotent Olympians to woodland nymphs.
May 7, 2021 · Publication date: 7 May 2021. We're taking a closer look at who's who in the ancient Greek and Roman pantheon, using objects in the collection to explore the symbols and stories that can help us to identify each god and goddess. Derived from the Greek words ‘πᾶν’ pan – all, and ‘θεός’ theos – god, pantheon literally means 'of all gods'.
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