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- Mercury/Hermes is the god of commerce, travel and thievery in Roman mythology. The planet probably received this name because it moves so quickly across the sky.
- Venus/Aphrodite is the Roman goddess of love and beauty. The planet is aptly named since it makes a beautiful sight in the sky, with only the Sun and the Moon being brighter.
- Earth is the only planet whose English name does not derive from Greek/Roman mythology. The name derives from Old English and Germanic. There are, of course, many other names for our planet in other languages.
- Mars/Ares is the Roman God of War. The planet probably got this name due to its red color.
- Jupiter/Zeus was the King of the Gods in Roman mythology, making the name a good choice for what is by far the largest planet in our solar system.
- Saturn/Demeter is the Roman god of agriculture and harvest.
- Uranus/Uranus is the ancient Greek deity of the Heavens, the earliest supreme god, father of the titans.
- Neptune/Poseidon, was the Roman god of the Sea. Given the beautiful blue color of this planet, the name is an excellent choice!
- Pluto/Hades is the Roman god of the underworld in Roman mythology. Perhaps the planet received this name because it's so far from the Sun that it is in perpetual darkness.
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Ezraonly the Romans did. it's a little confusing because it's the same gods, just different names. they named the planets after gods as a way of honoring the gods. different gods got different planets for different reasons. one example is the planet mars. mars was the roman name for ares, the greek god of war. mars is a red planet, like the blood that is spilled in war. that is why it was called that. I'm not sure about some of the others, though.
The names for the planets in the Western world are derived from the naming practices of the Romans, which ultimately derive from those of the Greeks and the Babylonians.
For example, Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and was named by the Romans who derived the name from their god Jupiter (the king of the Roman gods, and the equivalent of Zeus in Greek mythology), and Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love, beauty, and fertility.
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What did Romans do to Greek Mythology?
The Romans, simply put, took Greek mythology and renamed the gods.
How were the Greek gods taken over by the Romans?
The Roman Empire came to include the whole Mediterranean area including Greece, and the Romans soon loved everything Greek, also their gods and the myths about them. The Romans just took the Greek Gods and the myths about them, Romanized their names and claimed them as their own.
Why many gods have both Greek and Roman names?
Greek mythology came first. Then the Romans came. They admired the gods and goddesses of the Greeks and copied. The Roman gods and goddesses and more disciplined and war-like. Because Greek and Roman mythology things can't have the same name, Romans changed the names.
Who was the ruler of the gods Greek or the Romans?
Greeks were the first people to create the myths about gods Romans stole them and changed them when they took over Greece.But the father of the gods was Cronos the titan lord of time and the titans ruled before the gods.
What gods did the Romans believe in?
The Romans, on the most part, believed in multiple gods and goddesses. Many were borrowed from other cultures, such as Greek and Egyptian, and were given other names. Greek and Roman mythology are very similar. However, later, the Romans converted to Christianity.
