Greek Gods and GoddessesGreek Gods and Goddesses

By: Adon ShapiroBy: Adon Shapiro

Greek Gods and GoddessesGreek Gods and Goddesses

Residing on Mt. Olympus are the Residing on Mt. Olympus are the Greek gods. There are never more Greek gods. There are never more than twelve at one time and there than twelve at one time and there are a few variable gods.are a few variable gods.

Greek Gods and GoddessesGreek Gods and Goddesses

Here is a table of Here is a table of all the Greek gods all the Greek gods and goddesses, in and goddesses, in no particular order, no particular order, to ever be to ever be considered considered Olympians.Olympians.

ZeusZeus PoseidonPoseidon

HeraHera Athena Athena

ApolloApollo Artemis Artemis

HadesHades AresAres

HephaestHephaestusus

Aphrodite Aphrodite

HermesHermes Hestia Hestia

DemeterDemeter DionysusDionysus

ZeusZeus PoseidonPoseidon

King of the Gods.King of the Gods. God of the sea and God of the sea and brother of Zeus.brother of Zeus.

HeraHera AthenaAthena

Queen of the gods. Queen of the gods. Wife of Zeus.Wife of Zeus.

Goddess of wisdom Goddess of wisdom and war. and war.

ArtemisArtemis ApolloApollo

Goddess of the Goddess of the hunt and the hunt and the moon. Apollo’s moon. Apollo’s sister.sister.

God of the sun, God of the sun, poetry, music, and poetry, music, and medicine.medicine.

HadesHades AresAres

God of the God of the Underworld. Underworld. Brother of Zeus.Brother of Zeus.

Terrible god of war.Terrible god of war.

HephaestusHephaestus AphroditeAphrodite

Crippled Crippled blacksmith. God of blacksmith. God of fire.fire.

Wife of Wife of Hephaestus. Hephaestus. Goddess of love Goddess of love and beauty. Born and beauty. Born of sea foam.of sea foam.

HermesHermes HestiaHestia

Messenger of the Messenger of the gods. God of gods. God of Science and Science and inventioninvention

Goddess of home Goddess of home and earth.and earth.

DemeterDemeter DionysusDionysus

Goddess of grain Goddess of grain and agriculture.and agriculture.

God of wine, God of wine, vegetation, and vegetation, and theatre.theatre.

Where were they Where were they worshipped? worshipped?

The Greek gods The Greek gods were worshipped in were worshipped in temples all temples all throughout Greece. throughout Greece. There were oracles There were oracles who (supposedly) who (supposedly) saw into the future saw into the future and delivered and delivered messages from the messages from the gods.gods.

ConclusionsConclusions

As you can see the ancient Greeks As you can see the ancient Greeks had a very interesting and complex had a very interesting and complex culture which they believed in culture which they believed in wholeheartedly. I had a lot of fun wholeheartedly. I had a lot of fun researching Greek mythology and I researching Greek mythology and I would do it again more extensively would do it again more extensively anytime.anytime.