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The gods

Jupiter, Juno and Minerva on the Capitol, the household Lares and Penates, and the many gods of Rome and Greece.

  1. Zeusthe greatest of the Olympian gods, and the father of gods and men, was a son of Cronos and Rhea, a brother of Poseidon, Hades (Pluto), Hestia, Demeter, Hera, and at the s…5 min read
  2. Minervaone of the great Roman divinities, whose name seems to be of the same root as mens, whence monere and promneercare (Fest. p. 205, ed. Müller. She is accordingly the think…3 min read
  3. Venusthe goddess of love among the Romans, and more especially of sensual love. Previously to her identification with the Greek Aphrodite, she was one of the least important d…4 min read
  4. Marsan ancient Roman god, who was at an early period identified by the Romans with the Greek Ares, or the god delighting in bloody war, although there are a variety of indica…2 min read
  5. Apollo1. one of the great divinities of the Greeks, was, according to Homer (Hom. Il. 1.21, 36), the son of Zeus and Leto. Hesiod(Hes. Th. 918) states the same, and adds, that …12 min read
  6. Dianaan original Italian divinity, whom the Romans completely identified with the Greek Artemis. The earliest trace of her worship occurs in the story about Servius Tullius, w…2 min read
  7. Mercuriusa Roman divinity of commerce and gain, probably one of the dii lucrii. The character of the god is clear from his name, which is connected with merx and mercari. (Paul. D…1 min read
  8. Neptunusthe chief marine divinity of the Romans. His name is probably connected with the verb ναίω or nato, and a contraction of navitunus. As the early Romans were not a maritim…1 min read
  9. Vulcanusthe Roman god of fire, whose name seems to be connected with fulgere, fulgur, and fulmen. His worship was of considerable political importance at Rome, for a temple is sa…1 min read
  10. Vestaone of the great Roman divinities, identical with the Greek Hestia both in name and import. She was the goddess of the hearth, and therefore inseparably connected with th…2 min read
  11. Dionysusthe youthful, beautiful, but effeminate god of wine. He is also called both by Greeks and Romans Bacchus (Βάκχος), that is, the noisy or riotous god, which was……13 min read
  12. Janusand JANA, a pair of ancient Latin divinities, who were worshipped as the sun and moon, whence they were regarded as the highest of the gods, and received their sacrifices…6 min read
  13. Saturnusa mythical king of Italy to whom was ascribed the introduction of agriculture and the habits of civilised life in general. The name is, notwithstanding the different quan…2 min read
  14. JunoThe name of Juno is probably of the same root as Jupiter, and differs from it only in its termination. As Jupiter is the king of heaven and of the gods, so Juno is the qu…3 min read
  15. Fortunathe goddess of chance or good luck, was worshipped both in Greece and Italy, and more particularly at Rome, where she was considered as the steady goddess of good luck, s…1 min read
  16. Aesculapiusthe god of the medical art. In the Homeric poems Aesculapius does not appear to be considered as a divinity, but merely as a human being, which is indicated by the adject…8 min read
  17. LaresThe worship of the Lares at Rome was closely connected with that of the Manes, and that of both was analogous to the hero worship of the Greeks. The name Lar is Etruscan,…4 min read
  18. Penatesthe household gods of the Romans, both in regard to a private family and to the state, as the great family of citizens: hence we shall have to distinguish between private…4 min read