Greek and Roman Mythology
Greek and Roman Mythology
A large part of English literature is based on the pagan concept of this universe.This paganism originated in Greek and then passed on to Italy and from there to France and Germany,and at last to England.English writers so frequently use this mythology .The ancient people of every civilization did not have any clear conception of God and His mysterious power.They understood the world and its secrets in their own ways.The Greeks also imagined their own gods and goddesses.About one thousand years before the birth of Jesus Christ,the writers of Greece imagined that there were supernatural powers who controlled the universe.They called them god and goddesses.The Greek poets were rational but highly imaginative.They endowed each of the Olympians with distinct personality.But the Roman poets who had deep religious feeling,had little imagination.They borrowed the concept of the Olympians from the Greek poets and gave Roman names to them.The following list shows the Greek and Roman names of the major Gods and Goddess.
GREEK ROMAN Gods/Goddess of
Aphrodite Venus Love
Apollo Apollo Light,Music,Healing,Archery
Ares Mars War
Artemis Diana Chastity ,Hunting,Wild animal
Athena Minerva War, wisdom ,Crafts
Cronus Saturn
Demeter Ceres Earth
Enyo Bellona
Eos Aurora Dawn
Eros Cupid Love
Furies Dirae
Hades Pluto/Dis
Hebe Juventas
Hephaestus Vulcan
Hera Juno
Hermes Mercury
Hestia Vesta
Pan Faunas
Persephone Proserpina Agriculture
Poseidon Neptune Sea, earth shaker,horse
Zeus Jupiter/Jove
Demeter Ceres Earth
Enyo Bellona
Eos Aurora Dawn
Eros Cupid Love
Furies Dirae
Hades Pluto/Dis
Hebe Juventas
Hephaestus Vulcan
Hera Juno
Hermes Mercury
Hestia Vesta
Pan Faunas
Persephone Proserpina Agriculture
Poseidon Neptune Sea, earth shaker,horse
Zeus Jupiter/Jove
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