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INFORMATION ON THE GREEK GODS

Added on: 6th Feb 2016

 

POSEIDON AND ATHENA WERE RIVALS AND

COMPETED HARD FOR POSSESSION OF ATHENS.

TO SWAY THE PEOPLE IN HIS FAVOUR, POSEIDON

MADE A BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN OF WATER AT THE

ACROPOLIS. ATHENA, ON THE OTHER HAND, GAVE

THEM THE OLIVE TREE, WHICH ENABLED HER

TO WIN THE CONTEST

Athens

 

 

DIONYSUS, KNOWN AS THE GOD OF THE VINE, WAS THE

LAST GOD TO ENTER OLYMPUS. HE WAS ALSO THE

ONLY OLYMPIAN WHO HAD A MORTAL PARENT, SINCE

ZEUS HAD HIM WITH ONE OF HIS MANY MORTAL

GIRLFRIENDS, THE THEBAN PRINCESS SEMELE.

Dionysus

 

 

MOST PEOPLE KNOW HADES AS THE RULER OF THE

UNDERWORLD, WHICH HE WAS, BUT ANCIENT GREEKS

ALSO REFERRED TO HIM AS THE GOD OF WEALTH

BECAUSE IT WAS BELIEVED THAT HE POSSESSED

THE PRECIOUS METALS OF THE EARTH.

Underworld

 

 

HERMES IS KNOWN FOR BEING THE WINGED GOD WHO

MAINLY SERVED AS MESSENGER OF THE OLYMPIANS,

BUT THERE’S A DARKER SIDE TO HIM THAT NOT MANY

PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF. IN HIS ROLE AS HERALD,

IT ALSO FELL TO HIM TO CONDUCT SOULS TO HADES.

Hermes

 

 

HESTIA IS ONE OF THE LESSER-KNOWN OLYMPIANS TODAY

BUT SHE WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE RELIGION AND

CULTURE OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS SINCE SHE WAS

GODDESS OF THE HEARTH, HOME, ARCHITECTURE,

DOMESTICITY, FAMILY, AND THE STATE. BOTH POSEIDON

AND APOLLO PROPOSED TO HER, BUT HESTIA MADE AN

OATH TO ZEUS THAT SHE WOULD REMAIN FOREVER

PURE AND UNDEFILED, NEVER ENTERING INTO A

UNION WITH A MAN.

Hestia

 

 

FOR THE RECORD ONLY THREE GODDESSES WERE

BELIEVED TO BE VIRGINS: ATHENA, HESTIA, AND ARTEMIS.

Virgin

 

 

METIS, THE GODDESS OF PRUDENCE, WAS ZEUS’S FIRST

LOVE AND PROBABLY THE ONLY FEMALE THE MIGHTY

ZEUS WAS FAITHFUL TO. ONCE HE GOT OVER HER,

HOWEVER, HE BECAME ONE OF THE BIGGEST PLAYERS

THE WORLD OF MEN AND GODS HAS EVER KNOWN.

Zeus

 

 

EVEN THOUGH MOST GREEK GODS AND GODDESSES

ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR LACK OF MORALS, ESPECIALLY

WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE AFFAIRS, ARTEMIS WAS

NOT AND SHE GUARDED HER VIRGINITY CAREFULLY.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN ORION TRIED TO RAPE HER, HE

MET A VIOLENT END. BECAUSE OF THIS SHE WAS

CONSIDERED AN IMPORTANT GODDESS FOR WOMEN,

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO THE HONOUR AND

INTEGRITY OF YOUNG GREEK FEMALES.

Artemis

 


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