Tuesday, September 27, 2011

greek gods and their varied employment

GREEK mythology that is the body of myths and legends about the ancient Greek people....comprises of either Greek GODS like titans,Apollo,Zeus or Greek HEROES like Achilles,Oedipus,Odysseus...
well......the abode (home) of mostly all Greek gods is Mount Olympus(THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN GREECE).........
TITANS..were the elder gods while OLYMPIANS  were the younger gods...and titans were overthrown by olympians
The Titans were a race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia and Uranus, that ruled during the legendary Golden Age...while Olympians were the greek gods who resided atop mount Olympus....
There were twelve titans and twelve olympians....
Zeus is the "Father of Gods and men" who ruled the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father ruled the family. He is the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology.In ancient Roman religion and myth, Jupiter or Jove is the king of the gods, and the god of the sky and thunder which means Jupiter and Zeus are competitors


Athena is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, warfare, strength, strategy, female arts, crafts, justice and skill.
Apollo is one of the most important and diverse of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology. The ideal of the kouros (a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, medicine, healing, plague, music, poetry, arts, archery, and more..
Artemis is the Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women; she often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows.Her Roman equivalent is Diana
Nike was the goddess who personified victory.The roman equivalent was victoria
Atlas was the titan who supported the heavens(for his betrayal towards the titans who had to fought against olympians,he was punished to hold URANUS[the sky] on his shoulders....
Poseidon was the god of the sea, and, as "Earth-Shaker," of the earthquakes in Greek mythology.

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