Ancient Greek Deities

Although they seem to be things of the past,timeDemeter - Goddess of agricultureErebus - God of
reminders of ancient Greek deities are all around us.darknessEros - God of loveGaia - Titan Goddess of
When you read the following names, more than athe EarthHades - God of the underworld, the death
few will look familiar.Ancient Greek DeitiesThe Greekand the earth wealth, his realm receives his
Pantheon was a polytheistic system of thought andname.Hemera - Goddess of daylightHephaestus - God
religion that assumed its Greek deities existedof fire and the forgeHera - Goddess of marriage and
independently and individually. Their roll was to rulethe family, sister and wife of ZeusHermes - God of
diverse aspects of the mortals every day life. Mythcommerce, travel, and thieves. Messenger of the
and culture is gathered in the Pantheon from wheregodsHestia - Goddess of the hearth and domestic life
the deities leave toward their correspondingthat gave her place in the Mount Olympus to
realm.Due to the Hellenic polytheist beliefs in ancientDionysusNyx - Goddess of nightPontus - Titan God
times, deities formed relationships with each other onof the seaPoseidon - God of the seaTartarus - Titan
a more human scale. Compared to one-deityGod of the depths of the underworldUranus - Titan
approaches in many modern religions, Greek deitiesGod of the heavensZeus - King of the Gods and God
had a surprising number of human limitations andof thunder and lightningAs you can see, the long list
weaknesses. Contrary to other religions, none of theof Greek deities is rather amazing when compared to
ancient Greek deities was omniscient or omnipotent,one-deity religions such as Christianity and Islam.
although their power was beyond the mortals' limit.AllRegardless of the religious connotations, the names
Greek deities had the same origin as minor deitiesof these figures are often found in modern civilization
ruled by the Titans. They later overthrew the Titansalthough Roman translations are often used. For
in an epic battle. Some of the most renownedinstance, Ares has been translated in Roman to Mars,
are:Aether - God of the upper airAphrodite -the God of War and name of the 4th planet from
Goddess of love and beautyApollo - God of the light,our sun.Greek deities represent a unique view of
music, prophecy, poetry, and healingAres - God ofreligion held by ancient Greeks. If the opportunity
war, primarily violent war and bloodshedArtemis -presents itself, you should read the Greek classics to
Goddess of the moon and the huntAthena - Goddessgain an understanding of the rather emotional actions
of war, wisdom, strategyChaos - Non-gendered deityof the deities.Richard Monk is with - a site with facts
of the nothingnessChronos - God of eternalabout everything.