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The '''Twelve Gods''' was a collective term referring to the twelve major deities of the [[Greece|Greek]] pantheon. | The '''Twelve Gods''' was a collective term referring to the twelve major deities of the [[Greece|Greek]] pantheon. | ||
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*[[Poseidon]] - God of the sea | *[[Poseidon]] - God of the sea | ||
*[[Jupiter|Zeus]] - King of the gods, god of thunderstorms, divine law and justice | *[[Jupiter|Zeus]] - King of the gods, god of thunderstorms, divine law and justice | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center"> | |||
Olympians.jpg|Depicted clockwise from top center are: Zeus, Hephaestus, Athena, Apollo, Hermes, Artemis, Poseidon, Eros, Aphrodite, Ares, Dionysus, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, Hera. | |||
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==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
Revision as of 19:14, 11 January 2019
The Twelve Gods was a collective term referring to the twelve major deities of the Greek pantheon.
During the Peloponnesian War, Athens housed an open-air shrine dedicated to the group.[1]
Members
- Aphrodite - Goddess of love and femininity
- Apollo - God of music, poetry, sunlight, medicine, foresight and order
- Ares - God of war
- Artemis - Goddess of hunting, animals and moonlight
- Athena - Goddess of wisdom, battle strategy, war and handicrafts
- Demeter - Goddess of crop growth
- Dionysus - God of wine, ecstasy, parties, theater and dancing or Hestia - Goddess of the fireplace
- Hephaestus - Blacksmith of the gods, god of metalwork, volcanoes and craftsmen
- Hera - Queen of the gods, goddess of marriage and women
- Hermes - Messenger of the gods, god of trickery, thieves, roads and commerce
- Poseidon - God of the sea
- Zeus - King of the gods, god of thunderstorms, divine law and justice
Gallery
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Depicted clockwise from top center are: Zeus, Hephaestus, Athena, Apollo, Hermes, Artemis, Poseidon, Eros, Aphrodite, Ares, Dionysus, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, Hera.
