https://padlet.com/loiszeen/12345abcde gods en-us 2019-01-11 15:10:35 UTC 2019-01-13 16:01:45 UTC hello@padlet.com loiszeen https://padlet.com/loiszeen/12345abcde/wish/319954182 During the Graeco-Roman period, amalgamation of religion and cults between different groups of people in the Roman Empire were common. The Romans supposedly 'shared' gods with the Greeks during this period, and both groups of people called the same gods by different names of their own preference - for example, the Greeks called the sky god Zeus wile the Romans knew him as Jupiter (Grant, n.d.). Although exchanging of religious belief occurred, the Greeks mostly worshipped the same gods as they had did before this era. Here are three of the main Greek deities that were still being worshipped during this period.

Known as the king of Olympian gods, Zeus was also called the god of thunder, or the god of the sky. Obviously, he controlled the weather, and was in charge of justice and order among all gods and humans (Cartwright, 2013). He also was the god of destiny, fate, and kingship (Theoi, 2017).
Zeus' father was Cronus, king of the Titans, and his mother was Rhea. Cronus, afraid of being dethroned by his children, swallowed all of them as soon as they were conceived, except for Zeus, who was saved by his mother.  When he was born, she gave Cronus a stone wrapped in cloth to swallow instead and she took Zeus away to be secretly raised on a mountain. When Zeus grew up, the goddess Metis used a draught to make Cronus vomit up his' siblings, now fully grown. With their help he fought against the Titans and Giants and became the new king. Three of the siblings, including Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, drew lots to divide the places they would rule, and that was how Zeus came to rule the heavens. (Theoi, 2017)

Zeus' brother, Poseidon, ruled over the seas and waters. He was also the god of earthquakes, storms and horses, and was known as one of the most bad tempered and greedy gods. An elder sibling of Zeus, he was swallowed by Cronus soon after he was born and was regurgitated fully grown. (Greek Gods & Goddesses, 2014) His main weapon was the trident. He was rumored to have created the very first horse by striking his trident on a rock. When it came to women, he did not have the gentleness for romance. Instead, he used violence and cunningness. Examples of the women he acquired this way were Demeter, Amphitrite, and even Medusa, with whom he fathered the winged horse Pegasus.

Hades ruled the Underworld, the place of the dead. The precious metals of the earth belonged to him, and so he was also known as the god of wealth.  He ruled with his wife, Persephone, aided by a three headed dog called Cerberus. He overlooked the trial and punishment of the evil, but normally did not carry out the judgement himself, nor did he torture or punish them personally - this was the job of Furies. Hades was portrayed as a merciless character, unmoved by prayer and sacrifice (Hades, 2019). Not much was depicted of him from the Greeks, probably because it was best to not talk much about the god of the dead.


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