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Greek Gods and Goddesses

Greek Gods and Goddesses. By: Adon Shapiro. Greek Gods and Goddesses. Residing on Mt. Olympus are the Greek gods. There are never more than twelve at one time and there are a few variable gods. Greek Gods and Goddesses.

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Greek Gods and Goddesses

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  1. Greek Gods and Goddesses By: Adon Shapiro

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

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

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

  5. Queen of the gods. Wife of Zeus. Goddess of wisdom and war. Hera Athena

  6. Goddess of the hunt and the moon. Apollo’s sister. God of the sun, poetry, music, and medicine. Artemis Apollo

  7. God of the Underworld. Brother of Zeus. Terrible god of war. Hades Ares

  8. Crippled blacksmith. God of fire. Wife of Hephaestus. Goddess of love and beauty. Born of sea foam. Hephaestus Aphrodite

  9. Messenger of the gods. God of Science and invention Goddess of home and earth. Hermes Hestia

  10. Goddess of grain and agriculture. God of wine, vegetation, and theatre. Demeter Dionysus

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

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

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