Poseidon was a son of the Titans Kronos (Cronus) and Rheia and a grandson of Ouranos (the Heavens) and Gaia (the Earth). He was a brother of the gods Zeus, Haides, Hera, Demeter and Hestia. Poseidon married the marine-goddess Amphitrite, eldest child of Nereus, first born son of ...
Known mostly as the Greek god of the wild, Pan was also associated with flocks, shepherds, and music, as well as being a close companion of the nymphs. With his origins in rural Arcadia, he is also known as the god of groves, fields, and forested glens, and is usually linked with s...
Prometheus, in Greek religion, one of the Titans, the supreme trickster, and a god of fire. His intellectual side was emphasized by the apparent meaning of his name, Forethinker. In common belief he developed into a master craftsman, and in this connecti
Greek God of the Heavens As King of Gods Zeus [also known as the Roman god Jupiter] could be considered the very face of Greek mythology. Zeus, Greek god of lightning, thunder, rain, the sky, the heavens, and the gods themselves, rightfully earned his top spot among the Olympic gods ...
Hades fell in love with Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. He snatched her on his chariot one day and brought her back down to the Underworld with him. Demeter was so distraught at her daughter’s disappearance that she caused the earth to stop growing and a great famine overcam...
In Greek mythology(神话),the god of craftsmen,Hephaestus, 1 (command)by the king of the gods,Zeus,to create the first woman on earth and he did,using water and earth. And Zeus named her Pandora,which meant "all-gifted". Later on Pandora was sent to the earth to live 2 the rest of...
Hermes was the father of the goat-legged god Pan by the nymphe Penelopeia. He also had many mortal offspring. <<More>>Below are two graphics depicting Hermes' family tree, the first with names transliterated from the Greek and the second with the common English spellings:-ENCYCLOPEDIA...
Poseidon is nowadays known exclusively as a sea god, but in ancient times, he may have been the god of the earth and fertility or even the supreme god of the sky. In fact, in portrayals, he looks very much like Zeus, a distinguished, bearded man with a dense curly hair and piercing...
In early Greek mythology, Hades was considered a god of wealth and abundance, reflecting the riches found within the earth's depths. This connection can still be seen in his epithet, Plouton or "Wealth-Giver."Hades' Infrequent WorshipUnlike other gods in the Greek pantheon, Hades had very ...
What is the Greek god Poseidon responsible for? While he is mainly considered the god of the sea, he was also known as the "deep sounding Earth Shaker," Encircler of the Earth," and "black maned." These epithets suggest that he had the power to control earthquakes and was associated ...