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What are the main gods in ancient Greece?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Greek mythology is a series of explanations that the inhabitants of Ancient Greece<\/a> had to understand the world that surrounded them. They were the beliefs that the Greeks had on aspects such as the creation of the universe, the origin of man, human intelligence, the feeling of love and war, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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All the conditions of the human being were explained in these myths that brought together great gods who lived on Olympus and were in charge of managing everything that happened in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Greek mythology<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The beliefs that the ancient Greeks had about the world and their possible origins are compiled in mythological stories<\/a>, stories from oral tradition that have been able to reach our present day thanks to the work of authors such as Sophocles, Homer or Hesiod, among many others. They created literary works such as “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles, which contained a strong mythological charge since they specialized in narrating the adventures and misadventures of the Olympian gods.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The development of this mythological literature took place, above all, from 700 BC, when collections of myths made by some of these authors appeared: “Theogony” by Hesiod, “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” by Homer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why were the Greek gods so human?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The Greek gods were different from the current deities and, for this reason, externally they have a face similar to the human being but, in addition, they also have human feelings and emotions; for this reason we can discover vengeful gods, others who feel anger, and so on. The essential difference with respect to the currently founded religions is that these gods of Greece<\/a> do not offer spiritual teachings, but their stories and legends are loaded with completely human morals that will teach people to have a better life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Olympus is the mount on which the gods have chosen to live, a region found in the Thessaly region of Greece<\/a>. On this mountain the gods lived as if in a separate country, creating a society that was organized according to the powers and ranks of each deity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Main gods in ancient Greece are:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Zeus, the Supreme God<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Zeus is the highest god of Olympus<\/a>, he is in charge of controlling order, justice and destiny within the Universe. He is the son of two Titans, Cronus and Rhea and therefore brothers to other Greek gods such as Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Hestia and Demeter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before the Greek gods appeared, the world was controlled by Titans and, in fact, Zeus and his brothers are the children of a couple of Titans.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cronos, his father, was afraid that one of his children would take his place and, therefore, every time he had a new descendant, he ate it. Rhea, the mother, could not bear this act and, therefore, she was able to save Zeus from her father by hiding him in Crete, but when the child grew up, she gave her father a plant so that he would vomit all his brothers, full of desire to vomit. revenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Since then a great fight took place that pitted the Titans against the gods and, in the end, it was the latter who managed to win, for this reason, the Titans were sent to the abysses of Tartarus (in the underworld)<\/strong> and Zeus was erected<\/a> as the supreme god. Together with his two brothers, Poseidon and Hades<\/strong>, he had to divide the three kingdoms of the world: the sky (Zeus), the sea (Poseidon) and the underworld (Hades).<\/span><\/p>\n

The element that most represents him is the lightning with which he can control both the rains and punish people.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Who was Hera, the Goddess of Olympus?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Zeus’s wife is Hera and, for this reason, she is the goddess of Olympus in Greek mythology. She is the sister of her husband and, therefore, she is also the daughter of the Titans that we have mentioned before. At first she did not want to marry her brother but, in the end, this god (who was a king in disguises and disguises) managed to win her heart by turning into a helpless bird.<\/span><\/p>\n

Due to her status as the wife of Zeus, Hera is the protector of marriage and married women. She had to deal with many infidelities from Zeus and, for this reason, she is usually represented as a goddess with a jealous, violent and vengeful character. Despite this, she is the goddess related to everything that marriage entails, including female fertility.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her children are some of the main Greek gods: Ares, Hebe, Hephaestus and Ilitia.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Some of the characteristics of the goddess Hera (Juno for the Romans<\/a>) are the following:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n