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Roman Equivalents Of Greek Gods. Neptune the chief marine deity of the Romans and identified with the Poseidon of the Greeks is represented with a trident in his hand as his scepter. Ares is the unpopular and feared Greek god of war and his Roman counterpart is Mars who is the revered martial fertility god. However the Graeco-Roman pantheon of gods was not simply a system of direct equivalents. Citation needed Equivalent should not be taken to mean the same god.
Most of the Greek deities were adopted by the Romans although in many cases there was a change of name. The Conundrum of Hades. The Greeks and Romans acknowledged Isis as an Egyptian goddess they had no equivalent for in their pantheons. Many gods only have one form like Terminus and Janus. Ares is the unpopular and feared Greek god of war and his Roman counterpart is Mars who is the revered martial fertility god. Hera Juno No children Demeter Ceres.
Minerva is the Roman equivalent to Athena a Greek goddess in Roman mythology she was the goddess of wisdom.
The Roman poet Ennius gives the Roman equivalents the Dii Consentes as six male-female complements preserving the place of Vesta Greek Hestia who played a crucial role in Roman religion as a state goddess maintained by the Vestals. However the Graeco-Roman pantheon of gods was not simply a system of direct equivalents. Nerio ancient war goddess and the personification of valor. Annunaki Egyptian Greek Roman Biblical Equivalents Anu An Sobek Cronus Saturn Antu Antum Mut Rhea Cybele sh. In the list below information is given under the Greek name. However all Latin names are listed with cross-references to the Greek ones.