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The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by mikemodel24: 9:49pm On Jan 15, 2015 |
here is a elightment on the famous greek gods and goddess.we might have heard about them in movies or novel.but here i list them with what they stand for. APHRODITE The sensual goddess of Love and Beauty APOLLO The youthful god of the Sun and the Music ARES The fierce god of War ARTEMIS The wild goddess of the Hunt ATHENA The sophisticated goddess of Wisdom and Arts DEMETER The natural goddess of the Harvest DIONYSUS The joyful god of Wine HADES The gloomy god of the Underworld HEPHAESTUS The ill-favored god of Metallurgy HERA The mature goddess of the Family HERMES The messager of gods and cunning god of the Trade HESTIA The calm goddess of the earth POSEIDON The moody god of the Seas ZEUS The superior King of the Gods and Ruler of Mankind which of them is your favourite? |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by Nobody: 10:24pm On Jan 15, 2015 |
Points of correction: 1.Hermes is d messenger of the gods 2.Its HERA not HERE and she's is the wife of Zeus and queen of the gods My favourite remains zeus god of thunder n king of d gods. Well they are all fictional characters |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by Blakjewelry(m): 10:53pm On Jan 15, 2015 |
honjohnbright:You call them fictional because their era has past, back then then they were real has the one mankind worship the day |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by Nobody: 11:41pm On Jan 15, 2015 |
this your list is too short,i'm very sure there are about a 100 more gods and goddesses including titans |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by fijiano202(m): 12:09am On Jan 16, 2015 |
Oga if ur Mb no reach to copy and paste from Wikipedia abeg tell us...the god and goddess are more than this Aether The god of the upper atmosphere and light. Ἀνάγκη (Anánkē) Ananke The goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity. Χάος (Cháos) Chaos The nothingness from which all else sprang. Described as a void. Χρόνος (Chrónos) Chronos The god of time. Not to be confused with the Titan Cronus, the father of Zeus. Ἔρεβος (Érebos) Erebus The god of darkness and shadow. Ἔρως (Eros) Eros The god of love and attraction. Ὕπνος (Hypnos) Hypnos God of Sleep. Nῆσοι (Nē̂soi) The Nesoi The goddesses of the islands and sea. Οὐρανός (Ouranós) Uranus The god of the heavens (Father Sky); father of the Titans. Γαῖα (Gaîa) Gaia Personification of the Earth (Mother Earth); mother of the Titans. Οὔρεα (Oúrea) The Ourea The gods of mountains. Φάνης (Phánēs) Phanes The god of procreation in the Orphic tradition. Πόντος (Póntus) Pontus The god of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures. Τάρταρος (Tártaros) Tartarus The god of the deepest, darkest part of the underworld, the Tartarean pit (which is also referred to as Tartarus itself). Θάλασσα (Thálassa) Thalassa Personification of the sea and consort of Pontos. Θάνατος ("Thánatos" Thanatos God of Death. Brother to Hypnos (Sleep) and in some cases Moros (Doom) Ἡμέρα (Hēméra) Hemera Goddess of day. Νύξ (Nýx) Nyx The goddess of night. Νέμεσις (Némesis) Nemesis The goddess of retribution. |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by mikemodel24: 10:16am On Jan 16, 2015 |
fijiano202: thank u for the post am not through wit the list |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by mikemodel24: 10:29am On Jan 16, 2015 |
Nereus the Old Gentleman of the Seas Proteus the Sea god from Egypt Triton the Messenger of Poseidon Cabeiri the Great Pygmies of Fire Charites the Goddesses of Joy, Charm and Beauty Erinyes the Goddesses of Revenge and Retribution Fates (Moirae) the Spinners of the Thread of Life Horae the Goddesses of the Seasons Muses the Goddesses of Art and Science Nymphs the Goddesses of Nature Pleiades the goddesses of the mountains Winds the Gods of the Wind Adonis the Lover of Aphrodite Asclepius the Greek God of Healing Bia the personification of Violence Eilithyia the Goddess of Childbirth Eros the Winged God of Love Hebe the Goddess of Youth Helios the God of the Sun Hemera the Goddess of the Day Hyacinthus Apollo's Handsome Partner from Sparta Hygieia the Greek Goddess of Health Iris the personification of the rainbow Nemesis the Divine Spirit of Retributive Justice Nyx the Goddess of the Night Persephone the Queen of the Underworld Styx the Sacred River of the Oaths Tyche the Greek Goddess of Fortune |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by mikemodel24: 10:41am On Jan 16, 2015 |
Telchines, the evil eyed demons Triton, the Messenger of Poseidon Typhon, the monstrous opponent of Zeus Thalia, the Muse of Comedy and Pastoral Poetry Terpsichore, the Muse of Dancing Greek Titans Tethys, the Titaness of the Oceans Theia, the Titaness of Sight Tantalus, the greedy sufferer of the Underworld Tiresias, the blind seer from Thebes |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by Funjosh(m): 5:30am On Jan 17, 2015 |
Na just few I knew. |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by Nobody: 8:09pm On Jan 17, 2015 |
Ares(Aries) equates to Mars and Ogun. |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by macof(m): 8:41pm On Jan 17, 2015 |
The Fates : Goddesses of destiny and Fate |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by macof(m): 8:45pm On Jan 17, 2015 |
Blakjewelry: Only by the greeks and those influenced by them eg. Italians, Thracians and Gauls tho they were sometimes known with different names and slightly different myths |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by macof(m): 8:49pm On Jan 17, 2015 |
mistytohcute:If you mean to mention every single character it would be above 500 Titans Olympians Muses Nymphs Fates and the few ones that came before the Titans |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by Blakjewelry(m): 10:05pm On Jan 17, 2015 |
macof:Yeah but remember that they were world power then, just like today not everyone believes in the Christian or Islam God. I think one day all these will pass away and we will refer to them as myth or fiction |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by Nobody: 12:05am On Jan 18, 2015 |
my favourite goddess is NIKE (my namesake) goddess of victory and RHEA goddess of fertility |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by macof(m): 12:56am On Jan 18, 2015 |
Blakjewelry: Bros, At what point did Greece become world power? Greece was never united until much after Roman conquest They were scattered as Spartans, Macedonians, Thessalonians, Creteans, Athenians and over 20 more. so how did they all become the world power? You would have been right if u said Hellenism (the culture of the greeks) was a world power due to it's spread by Rome and Macedonia but not the Greek people being a world power |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by Blakjewelry(m): 2:47pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
macof:Brother whichever way we look at it Greek was once a world power. Weather it is politically or culturally, politically their military might got to zenith even though they didn't Unite in one front and exert their influence on other nations, they were at a time in history one of the greatest independent empire then known world. Apart from their infighting I bet no nation then will want to cross their part. Then culturally they also made their mark |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by macof(m): 5:27pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
Blakjewelry: Ok bro. I jst wanted to point that out |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by cheruv: 5:52pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
macof:makof,the Greeks weren't united till king Filip of Macedonia came around. when Filip died at the hands of an assassin,Alexander took the Greeks his father had united at the battle of Chaeronea to embark on a worldwide conquest. the fact that the Eastern parts of Rome which later became Byzantine was Greek in outlook and language is a testament to the conquests of Alexander Megali |
Re: The Olympian Greek Gods And Goddesses by macof(m): 8:42pm On Jan 18, 2015 |
cheruv: Maybe you want reference but Macedonia was an empire not the capital of a nation. And there's no trace of unity in the Hellas during that time Alexander tried uniting his territories with Asia culturally but uniting all Greeks as one Nation was never an issue Byzantine's love for Hellenism wasn't a result of Greek supremacy, the earlier Romans were always fascinated by the Greeks and incorporated much of the Hellenic culture and language...Scholars have even come to say the Roman political and military captors were cultural captives to the greeks |
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