God of the Sky, Lightning, Thunder, and King of the Gods
Zeus- honor, justice, lightning, and the skies
Jupiter-he becomes more strict, disciplined, militaristic, responsible, calm and warlike. The Greeks envisioned Zeus as a powerful and proud being, while the Romans envisioned Jupiter as a more formal and stoic version of his Greek counterpart, as well as more responsible.
God of the Sea, Earthquakes, Storms, and Horses
Poseidon- destruction, earthquakes, horses, hurricanes, oceans, seas, and storms
Neptune-he becomes more disciplined, militaristic, and warlike than his Greek counterpart. For Greeks, he was a major civic god and was highly respected for being the god of the sea and earthquakes. However the Romans, who were not seafaring people,
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Goddess of Love and Beauty
Aphrodite- beauty, love, lust, desire, sexuality, and pleasure.
Venus- The Greeks envisioned Aphrodite as a passionate and sensuous being. The Romans hailed Venus as the divine ancestress of their culture.
God of Dexterity, Thieves, Speed, and Travel: Messenger of Olympus
Hermes- roads, speed, messengers, commerce, travel, thieves, merchants, athletes, and mail deliverers
Mercury-Although the Greeks saw Hermes as a crafty, cunning, and resourceful being, the Romans envisioned Mercury more as the god of commerce and trade rather than just being a god of thievery and travel.
Goddess of the Hunt, Wilderness, Moon and Chastity
Artemis- hunt, the Moon, chastity, animals, and the wilderness
Diana- As Diana, she becomes more disciplined, militaristic, and warlike, as most Roman gods tend to be. The Greeks envisioned Artemis as an independent and vigorous goddess of the wilderness and hunt while the Romans depicted Diana additionally as the goddess of the moon.
God of Fire, Forge, Craftsmen, and blacksmiths
Hephaestus- forges, fire, technology, craftsmen, sculptors, volcanoes, and blacksmiths. His symbols are the ax, an anvil, a pair of tongs, hammer, and
...the god based upon conflicting traits of fear, deceit, and lust. Zeus' main characteristic is power in both Greek and Roman mythology. However, when Ovid's Metamorphoses is compared to Hesiod's Theogony, Juno's power is limited. Ovid's lack of respect and belief about Jupiter is apparent in his writings, which portray Jupiter as fearful, cunning, deceitful, and lustful. In opposition, Hesiod views Zeus as fearless, intelligent, and certainly not lustful. Zeus' characteristics in the Theogony are reflected from Hesiod's belief about the god to be much more than a worthless myth to the Greeks. Instead of mocking and disrespecting the all-powerful god of Greek and Roman mythology, Hesiod respects Zeus as the most powerful god.
Hermes is a greek god, he has beautiful sandals on which allow him to swiftly travel across the land as he is the messenger god. He also has a wand that allows him to put people to sleep, or when he wills, awaken them.
All the gods and goddesses within the ancient greek religion were heavily worshipped by the Spartans, in particular Artemis Orthia, Poseidon and Apollo. The gods convey the society’s values and ethics. Artemis Orthia, was the combination of two deities, who
The God's impact and personality had a direct influence on daily life in Greek society. The Gods can give things "A cruel turn, this. Never had I thought to see this land, but Zeus let me see it." (Book 5, Line 426-427 The Odyssey unabridged), however, they can also take things away and curse their people "Take yourself out of this island, creeping thing...Your voyage here was cursed by heaven" (Book 10, Line 82-85 The Odyssey unabridged). Greek citizens had to always be considering what the Gods were thinking of them. The Greeks knew that whatever the Gods gave them, they will just as easily take everything away. By knowing the nicknames of the Gods, readers are able to determine their personalities. Throughout The Odyssey, Athena, Roman name Minerva, is often referred to as the "Grey-eyed goddess". This explanation can account for her cleverness and her bright, scheming eye. Athena is constantly changing shapes and disguises, but the cunning eye, stays constant. Another example of one of the God's personalities, is in the myth of Athena's birth. The personality of Zeus shines. It displays Zeus' constant lust after female mortals. There are many other displays of Zeus' lust. Many half mortals are the offspring of Zeus, due to his flirtatious attitude.
Hermes is what people would a childish God, but he’s, in reality, a sensible God of culture and coy intelligence. He’s the medium and peacemaker of every side and a spectacular God.
When we look at Greek Mythology we often run into the gods of that era. Sometimes they are merely backdrops to the human element of the story but in stories such as The Odyssey the gods play a prominent if not vital role to the central themes of the story.
...t Greek gods and Roman gods have many similarities. In the cases of Hermes, Mercury, Athena, and Minerva, they are so similar that they might as well be called the same name. With the comparisons of Hera, Ares, and their Roman counterparts, we can see that everything is the same except for their attitudes. Hera seems to be more of a mean goddess than Juno because humans actually offer praises to Juno and actually expect Juno to help her. Hera was too busy causing harm towards Zeus’ mistress. Ares was just the meaner and more aggressive version of Mars. Venus may as well have been Aphrodite because it was believed that her myths were borrowed from Aphrodite. Zeus and Jupiter were similar, but were written in different times, suggesting a heavy coincidence that the Greeks and the Romans were on the same page. Overall, Greek gods and Roman gods are indeed very similar. If they do have differences, they are always fairly petty and do not affect their general purpose within mythology. The interactions between the Greeks and Romans have definitely tied each other’s myths together so close that a story from Greek mythology can easily be interchangeable with a story from Roman Mythology.
Each having a function in the life of the everyday Roman, that would require some sort of worshipping. The Roman gods were taken from the beliefs of the Greek gods. They are directly descended from their neighboring religion. The Roman mythology consisted of the high god Jupiter, his wife and sister Juno, son Vulcan, son Mercury, daughter Diana, daughter Venus, son Mars, daughter Minerva, son Apollo, sister Vesta, brother Pluto, brother Neptune, and Janus.(Classical Mythology)
In ancient Greece and Rome, each of the gods was associated with specific objects. Zeus (Jupiter), the father of the gods, was often accompanied by an eagle or a thunderbolt; Apollo, the god of art, by a lyre; Artemis (Diana), the hunter, by a bow and quiver. In addition, the Romans perfected the use of secular allegorical symbols. For example, a woman surrounded by bunches of grapes and sheaves of wheat would be readily understood as a representation of the bounties of the earth.
In the scheme of the Olympian gods, both Artemis and Hermes have their places. Artemis is one of Zeus’ daughters. She and her twin brother, Apollo, were born to the goddess Leto on the Island of Demos. Leto was struggling to find a place to birth her twins because she had offended Hera. She are her brother Apollo are very closely tied to each other; both of them are very fond of bows and arrows and Artemis is associated with the moon and Apollo with the sun. Artemis is the goddess of the hunt, of wild animals, and of childbirth. Hermes’ is the youngest of the established Olympians, born of Zeus and the nymph Maia, the daughter of Atlas. Hermes was born is a secluded cave, so Hera never knew Zeus had been with his mother. Hermes is the god of shepherds, travelers, merchants and tricksters and also the messenger of the gods and of Hades. After each...
Mercury, or Hermes in Greek, is the god of financial gain, commerce, messages, communication, travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery and thieves. Mercury is the son of Maia and Jupiter. Mercury’s symbol is his winged sandals, winged cap, and his staff with the twin snakes on it. He’s winged sandals allow him to fly from Mount Olympus to the underworld. Mercury does not have a domain because of his ability to move freely between worlds.
Hermes is the god of shepherds, land travel, merchants, weights and measures, oratory, literature, athletics and thieves. Most importantly, he is the messenger of the gods. Hermes is the son of Zeus and the nymph Maia, daughter of Atlas. He was worshipped throughout Greece but mainly in Arcadia. Hermes was actually born in Arcadia in a cave on Mount Cyllene. Hermes was born at the break of dawn because Zeus, his father, had impregnated his mother, Maia, while the other god’s were sleeping. After Hermes was born he ran off to Thessaly. Hermes was originally a phallic god who was attached to fertility and good fortune. He was also a patron of roads and boundaries. The name Hermes stems from herma, the plural of hermaiherm. Hermaiherm is a square or rectangular pillar made of stone or bronze, with the head of Hermes. The head was placed at the top of the pillar with male genitals at the base of the pillar. The pillars were used for road and boundary markers. The people of Athens stood the pillars outside their homes to help fend off evil. Hermes has been depicted in
Athena, back in time when Greece was making its mark in history as one of the great civilization of the Ancient World, there was a great deal of emphasis on the Gods and Goddesses. To the Greeks the world was governed by the Gods and they were the reason many things happened in the world, mostly things that where unexplainable. The goddess Athena was one of the many gods or goddesses that played a large role in Greek mythology. Even though Athena was the patron saint of Athens she supported other Greeks outside of Athens, such as, Achilles, Orestes, and especially Odysseus. Athena is know to be the goddess of war, guardian of cities, patroness of arts and crafts, and promoter of wisdom (Classical).
Aphrodite is depicted in her persona as a perfect, breathtaking woman, characterized by her potent sexual attractiveness. While Artemis is similar in her gender and her eternal youth, her appearance is not characterized with sexual attraction as much as it is fruitfulness and purity, as she is the goddess of chastity and natural environments. Aphrodite’s main symbol is a girdle that has magical powers to compel love, while Artemis contains a bow that is used for hunting flesh, and is very physically strong. And of course, because Artemis is a virgin god, she lacks a husband or any children for herself, while Aphrodite is in the complete opposite realm: she not only has a husband (Hephaestus), but an illicit lover too (Ares, the god of...