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Gods
Zeus- King of the gods, weather, lightning (and thunder), law, order, and fate.
Poseidon- God of the sea, rivers, floods, droughts, storms, earthquakes
Hermes- God of travel, messengers, trade, thievery, cunning wiles, language, writing, diplomacy, athletics, and animal husbandry, messenger of gods.
Hephaestus- Crippled god of fire, metalworking, stonemasonry, sculpture and volcanism
Hades- King of the Underworld and god of the dead and the hidden wealth of the Earth
Dionysus- God of wine, parties and festivals, madness, civilization, drunkenness and pleasure at forever young
Ares- God of War, bloodlust, violence, manly courage, and civil order
Apollo- God of music, healing, plague, prophecies, poetry, and Archery; associated with light, truth and the sun
Goddesses
Aphrodite- Goddess of love and beauty
Artemis- Virgin goddess of the hunt, wilderness, wild animals, childbirth and plague, later became associated with the moon
Athena- Goddess of wisdom, warfare, battle strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason
Demeter- Goddess of fertility, agriculture, horticulture, grain and harvest
Hera- Queen of gods, goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, heirs, kings and empires
Hestia- Virgin goddess of the hearth, home and cooking
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LaoWell, here are the 13 gods and goddesses of Olympus...
Zeus- god of gods, and the sky
Poseidon- god of the seas and earthquakes
Hades- god of the underworld
Hera- goddess of childbirth and marriage
Hestia- goddess of the hearth
Athena- goddess of battle strategy, war, Arts and Crafts, the city of Athens was named after her.
Apollo- god of the sun, healing, prophecy, poetry, music, twin brother of Artemis
Artemis- goddess of hunting, the moon twin sister of Apollo
Demeter- goddess of wildlife, nature, fertility
Aphrodite- goddess of beauty and love
Dionysus- god of agriculture and wine
Hephaestus- god of blacksmiths
Hermes- god of travel, mischief, dreams
There are several Greek Pantheons -but those we most commonly associate with are the Olympian Dodekatheon:
Zeus - god of sky and thunder, king of the gods
Hera - goddess of women and marriage
Poseidon - god of the sea and earthquakes
Demeter - goddess of the harvest (and sometimes fertility (as in of the ground)
Hestia - goddess of the hearth or household
Aphrodite - goddess of love, beauty and sexuality
Apollo - god of the sun, light, truth, archery, healing, musci, the arts (depends where you were as to what aspect of Apollo was worshipped - the sun was most common, and in that form, as an archer generally)
Aries - god of slaughter, bloodlust, the passion of combat
Artemis - goddess of the hunt, virginity, the forest, and youth (in girls)
Athena - goddess of civilization, strength, strategy, justice
Hephaestus - god of technology, artists, craftsmen
Hermes - god of cunning, of borders and travelers, invention, sports, commerce
There were another 22 heroes/monsters/etc that were also at some point recognised as gods in some place or time and are included in the Olympian pantheon, most notably Eros and Dionysus.
If including the Primordial deities (which came first), the Titan deities (which came after the Primordials, and before the Olympians), plus the Oceanic and Chthonic deities, there are over a hundred recognised Greek Gods.
Some of them may not have been traditionally considered gods, but the definition changed over time, and according to location. Greece was not a untied country until recent times, but a collection of city states and islands which each venerated different gods and elevated their individual heroes to deities in places. Not all were universally recognised, and some were recognised in one aspect in one part of the Greek empire, and by another aspect in another.
Greek gods were also venerated in other places, such as Troy and Carthage, so worship of the Greek pantheon, in traditional form, spread across Europe, West Sia, and North Africa. The core of the Roman pantheon is based wholly on the Greek gods, and filled out with Roman heroes, and occasionally the gods of the lands they conquered. The berber people (the nomadic inhabitants of North Africa's desert regions) still carry some of these beliefs today.
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What were goddess tyche's weaknesses?
The gods and goddesses of Greek myth are not given a list of strengths and weaknesses; these are left to the individual to interpret.
What are names of all greek gods?
There are too many to list. There was a Greek god for almost everything. The twelve main Greek gods were Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Ares, Demeter, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Artemis, Hermes, Dionysus, Athena, and Hera. Hestia was one of the main 12 gods and goddesses, but she gave up her seat to Dionysus, Zeus's son.
What were the names of the Greek gods?
There were a great many Greek gods and goddesses. The major ones included:ZeusDionysusHadesAthenaApolloSee 'related links' for a list of more Greek gods and goddesses.
What are the names of all goddess?
There are many Greek Goddesses including Aphrodite, Gaia, Hera, Athena and Persephone. See the related link for a full list.
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