Roman (aka Greek) gods, anybody...?

Question

...interested? they were really fun! plus they didn't try to concentrate all the extra features in only one divine individual, they seemed to know a couple of things about the division of work.

I think Mercury (aka Hermes) was really cool - he was one of the few not trying to be all important, plus he was in charge with the most interesting things in the world - travel and interpretation.

Answer 1

I won't discuss them here, I don't like to hear infidels sully the names of gods with names.

Answer 2

The Roman and Greek gods are notably lots each and each of an identical, yet wth diffretn names. Uranus Saturn Venus Apollo Diana Fortuna Janus Juno Jupiter Maia Bacchus Cupid Mars Mercury Ceres Vulcan Vesta Neptune Pluto Minerva Proserpina

Answer 3

Yes, I prefer them to the monotheistic one-god concept, except to the extent this is understood to be a philosophical abstraction. Face it, we need visual images and human-like characteristics with which to identify. And the one great thing about pantheism is having both gods and goddesses, so that we can see the divine in both men and women.

Answer 4

Dianna the moon goddess of some wiccan's has similarities with the love goddess of the greeks.

Answer 5

i see a christian is not happy with the great greek gods because no thay are making a come back and the christians do not like the same as the nors gods are coming back

Answer 6

Greek mythology is the telling of stories created by the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and their own cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars referred to the myths and studied them in an attempt to shed light on the religious and political institutions of the ancient Greeks and, in general, on the ancient Greek civilization.[1]

Greek mythology consists, in part, of a large collection of narratives that explain the origins of the world and detail the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, and other mythological creatures. These accounts were initially fashioned and disseminated in an oral-poetic tradition; the Greek myths are known today primarily from Greek literature. The oldest known literary sources, the epic poems Iliad and Odyssey, focus on events surrounding the Trojan War. Two poems by Homer's near contemporary Hesiod, the Theogony and the Works and Days, contain accounts of the genesis of the world, the succession of divine rulers, the succession of human ages, the origin of human woes, and the origin of sacrificial practices. Myths are also preserved in the Homeric hymns, in fragments of epic poems of the Epic Cycle, in lyric poems, in the works of the tragedians of the 5th century BC, in writings of scholars and poets of the Hellenistic Age and in writers of the time of the Roman Empire, for example, Plutarch and Pausanias.

Monumental evidence at Mycenaean and Minoan sites helped to explain many of the questions about Homer's epics and provided archaeological proofs of many of the mythological details about gods and heroes. Greek mythology was also depicted in artifacts; Geometric designs on pottery of the 8th century BC depict scenes from the Trojan cycle, as well as the adventures of Heracles. In the succeeding Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods, Homeric and various other mythological scenes appear to supplement the existing literary evidence.[2]

Greek mythology has had extensive influence on the culture, the arts and the literature of Western civilization and remains part of Western heritage and language. It has been a part of the educational fabric from childhood, while poets and artists from ancient times to the present have derived inspiration from Greek mythology and have discovered contemporary significance and relevance in classical mythological themes.


Roman mythology, the mythological beliefs of the people of Ancient Rome, can be considered as having two parts. One part, largely later and literary, consists of whole-cloth borrowings from Greek mythology. The other, largely early and cultic, functioned in very different ways from its Greek counterpart.

Answer 7

They weren't considered omnipotent either. I followed that pantheon as a Wiccan... Athena's very cool.

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Answer 8

I admit they are fun even though they're not real. Jesus is real. I like it when Zeus kills people with his lightning bolt. I like reading the Odyssey and The Illiad. The Roman gods are not as fun though.

Answer 9

Bunch of blood thirsty rapists if you ask me.

No really, they are. Zeus would **** anything whether it wanted to or not.

Answer 10

more Baals, anyone?