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Greek Gods And Roman Counterparts. Both were considered King of the Gods and held the power of lightning. The unity of the Great Goddess becomes divided in Greek mythology. Mars originally god of agriculture was Romes protector while Ares was deadly to everyone including Greeks. While Roman gods and Greek gods share the same powers and responsibilities they have many differences.
The correspondence between the Greek and Roman gods is closer than that of say the Romans and the Britons because the Romans adopted many of the myths of the Greeks but there are cases where. The first major difference between Roman gods and Greek gods is the time period. Greek mythology predates Roman mythology over 1000 years. Originally there were different gods of the Sun and Moon Helios and Selene before Apollo and Artemis took them over. 1 The Olympians 2 Minor Gods 21 Anemoi 3 Protogenoi 4. And even though Roman gods were just copies of Greek ones Greeks have a reason to be proud as their religion survived to modern times albeit in modest numbers.
1 Characteristics 2 Operation 3 Olympian Gods 4 Minor Gods 5 Titans 6 Protogenoi 7 Monsters 8 Miscellaneous 9 Trivia 10 Gallery Though belonging to the same race of.
Hestia Vesta No children. Ceres Demeter Pluto Hades Mercury Hermes Mars Ares Diana Artemis Minerva Athena Neptune Poseidon Liber Dionysus Vesta Hestia Juno Hera and Jupiter Zeus are some of the Roman gods known in Roman mythology. God of sun light and music. Although they conquered Greece they admired Greek culture and they identified the Greek gods with their own gods. The First Of The Olympians. In the table below is a list of the Greek Gods and Heroes and their Roman equivalents.