The names of the Greek gods and goddesses on hearing in our days - we know the myths and legends about them, we can use them to convey the image. Often in modern literary works mention some of the motifs known since the time of ancient Greece. Consider a brief information about the Greek gods and goddesses, the mythology of this country.
Greek gods
There are many Greek gods and goddesses, we will dwell on those of them whose names are to some extent familiar to a wide range of people today:
- Hades is the famous ruler of the world of the dead, which in myths is often called the kingdom of Hades;
- Apollo - the god of light and sun, the most beautiful young man, who is still mentioned as a model of male attractiveness;
- Ares is the aggressive god of war;
- Bacchus or Dionysus - the eternally young god of winemaking (which, by the way, was sometimes portrayed as a fat man);
- Zeus is the supreme deity, ruler over people and the rest of the gods.
- Pluto is the god of the underworld, who owned innumerable underground riches (while Hades commanded the souls of the dead).
- Poseidon is the god of the whole sea element, who could easily dispose of earthquakes and storms;
- Thanatos is the god of death;
- Aeolus is the lord of the winds;
- Eros - the god of love, the power that contributed to the emergence of an orderly world out of chaos.
As a rule, Greek gods and goddesses were symbolically portrayed by people living on Olympus as beautiful and powerful. They were not perfect, they were tied up by intricate relationships and simple human passions.
Goddesses of Ancient Greece
Consider the most famous ancient Greek goddesses. They are recruited a lot, and each of them is responsible for something of their own:
- Artemis - the goddess of nature, the patroness of hunting and hunters;
- Athena - the famous goddess of wisdom and war, patronizing the sciences and knowledge;
- Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty , was considered the standard of feminine perfection;
- Hebe - the deity of eternal youth, who participated in feasts of the Olympians;
- Hecate - a little less known goddess of dreams, darkness and witchcraft;
- Hera - the supreme goddess, the patroness of marriage;
- Hestia is the goddess of fire in general and of the hearth in particular;
- Demeter is the patroness of fertility, helping farmers;
- Metida is the goddess of wisdom , mother of Athena herself;
- Eris is a warrior goddess of parsing.
This is not a complete list of all the Greek gods and goddesses, but this includes the most famous and recognizable of them.
