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In ancient times, the Romans represented gods in the form of some invisible forces that accompany a person throughout life and even after it.

Gods of ancient Rome

To systematize knowledge, create a list and description of the gods of ancient Rome, which are the main.

During the closer relations of Rome with Greece, the Roman gods from an inexplicable substance acquired a human image.

Fig. 1. Roman God Jupiter.

	He is the main among all the gods. The patron of heaven and thunderstorms. He guards world order, is the highest deity. It is accompanied by an eagle, and as a weapon uses lightning.
	Jupiter's wife and sister. He was a protector of girls, taking care of their marriages and preserving innocence before joining it. She certainly had a scepter in her hands, and the head covered the golden diadem.
	Father Romulus and Rem. Mars guarded the fields, but then transformed into the God of war. In his honor, named month of March. Shield and spear - his constant weapon.
	God sowing and harvest. He taught people to agriculture, as well as life in peace and harmony. His honor was satisfied with the holiday of Saturnalia.
	God of winemaking and entertainment. In honor of him, Romans sang songs and satisfied the ideas.
	He was God with two heads looking at the same advance and back. He was God of any beginning or undertaking. Temples in his honor had the form of an urban gate. They were opened in wartime and closed in peaceful.
Mercury	He was a messenger of gods. People he brought dreams and led dead to the kingdom of the dead. Mercury patronized thieves and merchants. In his hands, he always had a wallet with money and a sail-caduceus.
	Goddess of wisdom, patroness of all Roman cities. She is a protector of poets, teachers, actors and writers. Its weapon is shield, helmet and spear. Near her certainly there are a snake or owl.
	Apollo was an overseer for the execution of the will of Jupiter. He was hit by archers or diseases, and the other gave various benefits. He is also the God of Predictions and Creativity. I was depicted with onions in my hands and quiver arms behind my back or in the form of a singer holding the LIRA.
	This is the God of the Water World. He controls storms and sends a calm. His rage does not know borders. Its weapon is a trident.
	He is the God of the underground world and the owner of huge underground wealth.
	He was the god of blacksmith and fire. Guarded people from the fire and was a patron of Kuznetsov. He dwell in the depths of the Sicilian volcano ethna.
	The beauty queen. Patrone of spouses and an unusually beautiful woman. Was considered a distant ancestor Julius Caesar
Cupid (Amur)	Youth, head of love affairs. With his bow with arrows, he hit the soul of lonely people, inciting their love to each other. Also capable of killing love between a man and a woman.
	Responsible for farming and yield of bread. Depicted with sheaf of bread bumps in hand.
Victoria	The goddess of Victory in the Romans.
	The goddess of a homemade hearth and a flame inside it. Vesti had their servants in the temple - Vestniki. They worshiped only her and kept innocence throughout her life.
	The patroness of the forest and its inhabitants. She is a hunter and a pregnant woman's assistant during childbirth. Defender of Plebeev and slaves. Her weapons are onions, and accompanies her lan.
	According to the beliefs of Romans, Quirin is Romulus, the founder of the city of Rome. After death, he was reborn, having received the Divine beginning.

Fig. 2. Roman God Cupid.

Greek and Roman gods are largely similar to each other and have the same functions. They differ only by names. Everything else, the legends and myths of ancient Greece also spread to Roman religious culture.

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List of names of gods, heroes and personalities of ancient Greece and Rome

The directory contains almost all the names of the gods, mythological characters, the heroes and the historical personalities of ancient Greece and ancient Rome.

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August Octave Ian (63 to R. Kh. - 14 n. E.) - The grand-nephew Julia Caesar, his official heir, the first Roman emperor (from 27), which was the board of which Christmas Savior occurred. In 43, together with M. Anthony and E. Lepidom made a second triumvirate. After the defeat of the fleet, M. Anthony, at Cape of Shares (31), actually became the sole ruler of the Roman Empire, the founder of the principal system, which combined the highest priests, state and military positions of the Roman state in his face.

Agamemenon - In Greek mythology, King Mycene, the son of atreya and aircraft, the husband of Climetra, the brother of the Spartan Tsar Messenger, the leader of the Ahasey troops in the Trojan War, killed his wife.

Agecilai. (444-360) - Spartan king (399-360), successfully fought against the Persians and the Anti-Spartan Coalition during the Corinthian War, achieved the last maximum flourishing of Lachedemon to its final defeat from the Fivans in the Battle of Leftra (371).

AgrippaMark Vipsani (64/63-12 to R. Kh.) - Roman commander and politician, Association of Oktaviana Augustus, whose military victories belonged to A.: Sea battles in Milah and Navalukh (36), promotions (31), Suppression of the uprising of the Spanish tribes (20-19). A. Performed the diplomatic orders of August, participated in the restructuring of Rome, the author of some works.

ADONIS - In Greek mythology, beloved Aphrodites, the deity of Phoenician-Syrian origin. Particularly revealed to the Hellenistic era as a dying and resurrection deity.

Adrathery ("Inevitable") - see Neemyda.

ADRIAN Publics Elia (76-138) - the Roman emperor (from 117) from the Antoninov dynasty, adopted by Trian. Encouraged the development of Greek culture on the territory of the Empire, although it takes an active novelization of most provinces. In the field of foreign policy A., A. switched to defensive tactics, strengthened the bureaucratic apparatus, unified proud law, led wide construction activities.

Aid (Gades, Pluto, Half. With Rimsk. Orc) - In the Greek mythology, the God of the Underground Kingdom of the Dead, the Son of the Kronos and Gay, Brother Zeus.

Akadem. - In the Greek mythology, the Athenian hero, indicating Diospura, where their sister Elena, abducted by the Teshem, was covered. According to legend, Academ was buried in the sacred grove to the north-west of Athens.

Alarich (Mind. 410 n. E.) - Wildness leader. Under the emperor, Feodosia was commanded by mercenary detachments. In 398, he devastated Frakia and Greece, then invaded Pannonia and Italy. In 402, defeated from the Roman troops at 6 and Verona, then he took Iliria, from where he began the offensive on Rome, which hesitated three times and finally took on August 24, 410

ALEXANDER - The name of the Macedonian Kings: 1) A. III Macedonian (356-323) - King of Macedonia (from 336), the son of Philipp II, a brilliant commander, diplomat and politician, organized a campaign against the Persian Tsar Daria III (334-323), As a result of which a huge power arose, which united Greek and the eastern world, which posted the beginning of the Ellinism era (III-I centuries); 2) A. IV (323-310) - King of Macedonia, the son of Alexander Macedonsky, did not really receive the royal powers. He was killed with his mother Roxana during the Wars of Diarathes.

Alekside (B. To R. Kh.) - The most significant Greek comedign of the period of late classics, author of more than 200 works.

Alkestida - In Greek mythology, the wife of the legendary king Fer Admet, voluntarily giving his life for the sake of saving his spouse. Hercules, admired by the feat of alkestids, snatched her from the hands of the death of the Tanat and returned her husband.

Alkivada (OK 450 - OK. 404) - Athenian politician and military leader, pupil of pericles, student Socrates. The actual organizer of the Sicilian expedition (415-413) during the years of the Peloponnesian war. I often changed my political orientation, switched to the side of Sparta. He died in exile.

Amazon - In ancient Greek mythology, militant women who lived on the shores of Meotyda (Azov) or on the shores of the river. Thermodont. A. Constantly practiced in martial arts and for the convenience of archery burned out their right chest.

Amvrosiy Averaliy Mediolsky (Milansky) (approx. 337-397) - Saint, theologian, author of exegetic and dogmatic writings, Bishop of Mediolna Rod from Trevisa (Italy). Received a rhetorical and legal education, was the governor of the regions of Liguria and Emilia with the residence in Mediolan (approx. 370), where he was dedicated to the bishops (374), fought with paganism, had a significant impact on the church and political life of his time. Memory of December 7/20.

AMPHITRITE - In Greek mythology, a personalized sea, a spouse of the god of the Sea space of Poseidon.

Anaxahors (OK. 500-428) - Greek philosopher from Claus (Small Asia), arguing that Matter is eternal.

Ananka (Ananka, Hisp. With Romans. Insisissant) - In the Greek Mythology, the goddess of inevitability, death, daughter Aphrodite, the mother goddesses of Fate Moyer.

Anakharsis (Vi in. To R. H.) is one of the most famous Scythians in the Greek World of the Scythians of the Athenian Solon Law. Traveled a lot in Greece, studying local customs and orders. Returning to his homeland, tried to introduce innovations from Scythians, for which he was killed by tribesmen. According to ancient tradition, one of the seven wise men of antiquity.

Androgay.- In the Greek mythology, the son of the Cretan Tsar Minos. Androgy won the Panafine Games than the envy of the Athens Tsar Egea, who, wanting to destroy A., sent him to hunt for the Marathon bull, confused the young man.

Anit. (Kon. V in. to R. Kh.) - Rich Athenian, a prominent politician who participated in the overthrow of "Tirani of thirty", the main prosecutor on the process against Socrates.

ANK Marities (the second. Paul. VII century. To R. Kh.) - Roman king, the grandson of Numa Pompilia, made cult innovations, laid the port of Assidia, was considered the founder of Plebeian Marciyev.

Antea - In Greek mythology, the giant, son of Poseidon and Gayi, was invulnerable until she touched the Earth. Hercules defeated Antea, taking off from the ground and strangling in the air.

Antiop. - In Greek mythology: 1) Daughter of the Favan Tsar Nikhteya, one of the beloved Zeus, the mother of amphion and the zea; 2) Amazon, the daughter of Ares, captured by the Teshem and gave him the Son of Ippolit.

Antioch- The name of the Syrian Hellenistic kings from the Seleucid dynasty: 1) A. III The Great (242-187) - the Syrian King (223-187), known for its aggressive politics, fought with Egypt, seized the Midudia and Bactria (212-205), Palestine ( 203), expanded its power to the limits of India, led the so-called Syrian war with the Romans (192-188), but suffered a final defeat in the battle of Magnesia (190). Killed with its approximate; 2) Antioch XIII Philadelph (lane floor. - Ser. I to R. Kh.) - The last king from the genus of Seleucidov, in 69 to R. X. was recognized as Lukull Syrian king, but in 64 to R. H. was deprived of the throne Pompey, who turned Syria into the Roman province. Subsequently executed.

Antipater (Mind 319 to R. Kh.) - Macedonian commander at Philip II and Alexander. During the eastern campaign was the governor of Macedonia. At A. He died a speaker Demosphen.

Antisphen (OK 444-366) - Greek philosopher, student Socrates, founder of the school of ignition. Argued that the absolute blesso is physical labor and honest poverty.

ANTHONY Mark (82 -30 to R. Kh.) - Roman political and statesman, commander, supporter Julia Caesar, spouse Cleopatra VII, Consul 44 g., Member of the second triumvirata together with Octavian and E. Lepidom (43), later one of The main rivals of Octavian in the civil wars of the 30s. In 31, he was defeated by Octavian at the shares, committed suicide.

Antonin Pei ("Pious") (86-161) - the Roman emperor (from 138), the founder of the Antoninov dynasty, the adopted son of Adrian, continued its policy related to the preservation and consolidation of the borders achieved. Later, he was revered by the Romans as an exemplary ruler.

Anfim (Mind. 302/303 n. E.) - Sacred, Bishop Nicomedy, was, like many Christians, was accused of arson of the Nikomedy Palace, during the persecution hid to manage the flock and wrote messages, but was discovered and underwent a martyrdom. Memory of September 3/16.

Anhiz. - In Greek and Roman mythologies, Father Eney, beloved Aphrodites. On the night of the fall, Troy was brought by Eneem on his shoulders from the burning city, died during the path in Arcadia at the Mount Anshizia (according to another version, in southern Italy or in Sicily).

APOLLO (FEB) - In the Greek and Roman mythology, the God of Sun, Light and Harmony, the patron saint of the arts, the opposite of the Dionysus, the son of Zeus and the summer, Brother Artemis, was revered as a patron of travelers, navigators and as a healer. On the other hand, the dark natural forces carrying illness and death are linked with Apollo.

Apollonium (mind. 90s. I century. e.) - Greek philosopher, a leaving from the wealthy family of Tiana (Small Asia), received an extensive education, I woken up a lot, preached the nonopegy's religious mysticism, was close to the court of emperors, Perhaps it was involved in a conspiracy against Domitian, and therefore was executed. During his lifetime, he was revered by pagans as a wonderworker and a sage.

Arat (Ok. 310-245) - Greek writer from the city of Slaza (Kilicia). He lived in Athens and the courts of kings in Macedonia and Syria. His Peru owns the astronomical poem "Phenomena" in 1154 hexameters, written in the spirit of stoic philosophy. In the era of the Middle Ages, this work served as a stream of astro and Mia.

ARACHNE - In Greek mythology, a Lidiya girl, a skillful weave, who daring to cause Athena to a competition in the art of weaving, was defeated and turned into a spider.

Ares. (Arena, the Net. With Romans. Mars) - In the Greek mythology, God of unfair and treacherous war, as well as storms and bad weather, son of Zeus and Gera.

ARIADNE- In the Greek mythology, the daughter of the Kratsky king Minos and Pacifia, the granddaughter of the God of the Sun Helios. Love in Tereus, gave him a tangle of threads, according to which the hero found a way out of the labyrinth, fled along with the Taue from Crete and was later abandoned or abducted by Dionysis.

Ariovist (I century. To R. H.) - the German leader, invited by Celtic to know in Gallia as a ruler, but later acquired an independent meaning. In 59, he was recognized as Caesar "friend of the Roman people," and in 58. He was expelled from Gaul.

Aristid. (Mind. Ok. 468Dor.x.) -Afinepolyteidel, promoted Clisphen in his reforms, was one of the strategists in the Marathon battle (490) and the battle of charges (480). He became famous for his justice and integrity.

Arkady Flavius \u200b\u200b(377-408) - The first ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire (from 395), the son of Feodosia Iovelik, his co-guarantee since 383, was influenced by his own environment and spouse of Euddoxy, led defensive wars with the Germans, organized persecution of pagans and heretics.

Armin (Ok. 16 to R. Kh. - 21 n. er) - the descendant of the royal German family, served in the Roman troops, lured into the trap and defeated the legions of Quintylia Vara in the Teutoburg Forest (9 n. E.). A. Headed an uprising against the Romans in Germany, died as a result of the strife among the leadership of the rebels.

Arrade. (Philip III) (Mind 317 to R. H.) - the illegal son of Philip Macedonsky, was distinguished by weavol and dementia, was an epileptic. Killed by the order of the widow of Philip Olympiad.

ARTEMIS (Half. With Rimsk. Diana) - In the Greek Mythology, the goddess of hunting and wildlife, daughter Zeus and Summer, Sister-twin Apollo. He was a symbol of virgin purity and sometimes identified with the moon.

Asclepius (Half. With Rimsk. Eskulp) - In the Greek mythology, the god of healing, the son of Apollo, a student of the Kentaurian Hiron.

Astidamant (The second floor. Vv. to R. Kh.) - Athens poet from the genus of Eschila, a student of Isocrat. He was known for the fact that the statue put his praise on him in the theater.

Astraine - In Greek mythology, the son of Titan Kronos, the spouse of the goddess of the morning Dawn Eos, Father of the Four Winds.

Astrey (Frequently identified from the goddess of the truth and justice of the wilderness) - in the Greek mythology, the goddess of justice, daughter of Zeus and Femids, a sister of smallestness, living among people during the Golden Age. Because of the spoilness of human morals, the "Golden Age" ended, and A. left the land, turning into the constellation of the Virgin.

Atlant.(Half. With Rimsk. Atlas) - in Greek mythology Titan, Brother Prometheus, who kept the sky on his shoulders.

Attal Prosh (mind after 410 n. E.) - Prefect of Rome, which, at the request of the leader of Visigoths, Alarich was proclaimed by the emperor (409). Soon, Alarich quarreled with A. and deprived him of the imperial title, after which he captured Rome (410).

Attila (Mind 453 n. er) - the leader of the Gunno and Allied with them the tribes (434-445 - together with the brother of Bled, from 445, after the murder of Bled, the rules alone), united the tribes of the barbarians under his authority: Hunov, sharp, Alanov And others, in 447 devastated Frakia and Illari, in 451. They invited in Gallia and was defeated from the Romans and their allies in the battle of the Catalaun fields, in 452 he ruined Northern Italy.

Attis (Half. With Frigiysk. Man) - Beloved and priest of the goddess Kibel, he was revered in the Hellenistic era as a dying and reviving God from the dead.

Athanasius (295-373) - Saint, one of the most famous Bishops of Alexandrian (with 328), theologian, apologists, received a classic education in Alexandria, the participant of the I of the Ecumenical Cathedral in Nicaea (325), was an irreconcilable enemy of Arianism, for which he expelled five times His department. Memory on October 2/15.

ATHENA Pallada (Half. With Roman. Minerva) - In the Greek mythology, the goddess of wisdom, a fair war, the patron of science, daughter Zeus and Metyda. Worried as a virgin who did not have a husband.

APHRODITE (Feather. With Rimsk. Venus) - in the Greek mythology, the goddess of love and beauty, daughter of Zeus or Uranus and Oceanids of Diona.

Achilles (Achilles) - in Greek mythology one of the most brave and invincible heroes of the Trojan war, the son of Pelia and Fetis. Required as invulnerable in all parts of the body, except for the fifth, warrior. Faced on the side of the Ahetsev, was killed by a shot from Luke at the Fifu Paris, to whom Apollo helped.

Aeria Flavius \u200b\u200b(approx. 390-454) - a military leader under the emperor Valentinian III (from 425), one of the last defenders of the Western Empire commanded the Roman and allied army in the Battle of Catalan fields (451). The treacherously killed by the orders of the emperor.

Barsina (Second floor. IV century to R. H.) - the daughter of the Persian governor of Frigia, captured by Alexander Macedonian after taking Damascus. He was the actual wife Alexander before his official marriage with Roxana. Killed with his son Hercules during the war of the Diarathes.

BACCHUS - See Dionysis.

Bellona - Ancient Roman goddess of war. In her temple, they took the victory of commander and foreign ambassadors, the rite of declaration of war took place.

Briarry - In Greek mythology, the son of uranium and gay, one of the titans, a monster with 50 heads and hundreds of hands, a participant in titon-nosia on the side of Zeus.

Brut. ("Tupitsa") - the nickname of members of the Plebeian Roman kind: 1) B. Dezima, the Albin (I century. BC. Kh.) - Pretor 48 g., Caesar's commander, participant of a conspiracy against him 44 g.; 2) B. Lutions of Yongy (VI century. To R. Kh.) - The legendary founder of the Roman Republic, participated in the expulsion of the last Roman king of Tarquinia Proud (509), died in a fight with his son; 3) B. Mark Yongy (85-42 to R. H.) - the Roman state and politician, a supporter of Cicero, perhaps the illegitimate son of Julia Caesar. From 46. The governor of the province of Tsizalpian Gallium, with 44 g. Pretor, participated in conspiracy against Caesar. I committed suicide after defeat in the battle with the Senate troops under Philippines (42).

Boujiris - In Greek mythology, the king of Egypt, the son of Poseidon or Egypt and Lisianas. I sacrificed Zeus all strangers arriving in Egypt. Heraklom killed in Garden Heperde.

Vavila (Mind 251 n. E.) - Sacred, Bishop Antioch (238-251) has undergone a martyrdom in the emperor. Memory September 4/17.

BACCHUS - See Dionysis.

Valentinian III Flavius \u200b\u200bPlacid (419-451) - the emperor of the Western Roman Empire (from 425), until 454 was influenced by the National Command. With V. III, there was a further decay of the Western Empire as a result of the invasion of the barbaric tribes. Died from the hands of supporters of aietia after the murder of the latter.

Valerian Licinis public (approx. 193 - after 260) - the Roman emperor (253-259), originated from the senatorial family, was a warlord in the province of Region, was proclaimed by the emperor with his troops, organized persecution of Christians (257-258), with a crisis The empire has reached the highest point. Died in captivity at the Persian king.

Var. Quintiilius (approx. 46 to R. Kh. - 9 n. E.) - Roman commander, which took place from the Patrician surname, Consul 13 g. To R. H., then the governor of Syria, suppressed the uprising of the Jews in 6-4. Prior to R. H., was the commander-in-chief of Roman troops in Germany, suffered from Germans a heavy defeat in the Teutoburg Forest (9 n. er) and committed suicide.

VENUS - See Aphrodite.

Vespasian Tit Flavius \u200b\u200b(9-79) - the Roman emperor (from 69), the founder of the Flaviev dynasty, the first emperor of nonsenatic origin, under his command began suppressing an uprising in Judea (66-73). In the Management Board V. was carried out financial reform, wars in Germany and Britain.

VESTA - the Roman deity of a homely hearth and fire. The most ancient religious cult in Rome Dolologic origin. In the temple of Vesta, the eternal flame was supported by Vestnikov.

VICTORIA - See Nick.

VOLCANO - See Hephaest.

Goddess Aurora

Aurora in the ancient Greek mythology, the goddess of the morning dawn. The word "Aurora" comes from Latin Aura, which means "predain breeze".

The ancient Greeks called the Aurora of the ruddy gourney, the robust goddess EOS. Aurora was the daughter of Titan of Hipperion and Tayya (in another version: the Sun - Helios and the Moon - Selena). All stars burning on the dark night sky, and all the winds: a stormy Northern Borea, East Evr, Wet Southern Music and Western Awester Marshmallow, and Western Awester Marshmallow Marshmallow, have occurred from Astrea.

Andromeda

Andromeda , in Greek mythology, the daughter of Cassiopeia and the Ethiopian king Kefhemy. When Andromeda's mother, proud of his beauty, stated that she was more beautiful than the naval unreamed divine, those who complained to God of the Seas Poseidon. God dismissed an insult, Mostut on Ethiopia Flood and a terrible sea monster, foggling people.
According to the prediction of the oracle, in order to avoid the death of the kingdom, it was necessary to bring a redemptive sacrifice: to give Andromed to the egon of the monster. The girl chained to a rock by the sea. There she saw Perseus, who flew past the nick jellyfish gorgon in his hands. He fell in love with Andromeda and received the consent of the girl and her father for marriage in the event of a victory over the monster. Having a victory over the Dragon to Ponder helped by his head of jellyfish, which turned all the living in the stone.
In memory of the feats of Persei Athena placed Andromeded in the sky near the constellation Pegasus; The names of Kefi (Cefi) and Cassiopeia are also immortalized in the names of constellations.

Priestess Ariadna

Ariadne , in ancient Greek mythology, a priestess from the island of Naxos. Ariadne was born from the marriage of the Cretan Tsar Minos and Pacifia. Her sister was Fedra. Thesis was sent to Crete Island to kill Minotaurus. Save life and defeat the monster helped him Ariadne, who passionately fell in love with the hero. She gave the Teshe Tseut of Threads and a sharp blade that he killed Minotaurus.
Going along a winding labyrinth, beloved Ariadne left a thread behind him, which was supposed to withdraw him back. Returning with the victory from the labyrinth, Tesove took with him Ariadna. In the way, they made a stop on the island of Naxos, where the hero left the girl while she slept. Abandoned Ariadne's Teshemus became the priestess on the island, and then married Dionysus. As a wedding gift, she received a glowing crown from Gods, who forged heavenly blacksmith Hephaest.
Then this gift was raised to heaven and turned into the constellation of the northern crown.
On the island of Naxos, there was a cult of worship of Zhrice Ariadne, and in Athens, it was read primarily as a spouse of Dionysus. Often the expression "Thread Ariadne" is used in a figurative sense.

Goddess Artemis

Artemid but , in the Greek mythology, the goddess of hunting.
The etymology of the word "Artemis" has not yet been clarified. Some researchers believed that the name of the goddess in the Greek tongue meant "Medvezhya Goddess", others - "Vladychitsa" or "Killer".
Artemis - daughter Zeus and Goddess Summer, Sister-twin Apollon, born on the island of Asteria in Delos. According to legend, Artemis, armed with onions and arrows, spent its time in the forests and mountains surrounded by the faithful nymph - their regular companions, which, like the goddess, loved to hunt. Despite the seeming brittleness and grace, the goddess had an extremely decisive and aggressive character. With the sheltered, she was afraid without unfortunately. In addition, Artemis strictly followed that the world of animals and plants always reigned order.
One day, Artemis accepted on Tsar Kalidon Ohinai, who forgot her to bring the first fruits of the harvest, andiled to the city of a terrible boar. It was Artemis that caused a discord among his parents of Mele Charap, who led to his terrible death. For the fact that Agamemnon killed the sacred Lan Artemis and boasts his accuracy, the goddess demanded that he would sacrifice her his own daughter. Imperceptibly Artemis was infidencing from the sacrificial altar, replacing it with Lanya, and moved to Tavrid, where Agamemenon's daughter became the priest of the goddess.
In the most ancient myths, Artemis was depicted in the image of a bear. In the Attica, the priestess of the goddess when committing rites put on a bear hide.
According to some researchers, in ancient myths, the image of the goddess correlated with the goddesses of Selena and Hekatoy. In later heroic mythology, Artemis was secretly in love with his handsome endimion.
Meanwhile, in the classical mythology of Artemis was a virgin and defender of chastity. She patronized a hippolythip, which despised carnal love. In antiquity there was a custom: the girls' coming into marriage brought an atoning sacrifice to Artyomide to turn her anger from themselves. In the marriage rest of the king of admem, which forgot about this custom, she launched a snake.
Acton, who accidentally saw a bathing goddess, killed a terrible death: Artemis turned him into a deer, whom his own dogs ripped out.
The goddess brutally punished girls who could not save chastity. So Artemis kicked his nymph who replied to the love of Zeus. The sanctuary of Artemis was often erected among water sources, considered a symbol of fertility.
In Roman mythology, it corresponds to the goddess Diana.

Diana, in the Roman mythology, the goddess of nature and hunt, was considered the personification of the moon, as her brother Apollo in the period of the Late Rima Antiquity was identified with the Sun. Diana still accompanied the epithet "Goddess of Three Roads", interpreted as a sign of the triple power Diana: in heaven, on earth and underground. The goddess also heard the patroness of the captive Rome of Latinan, Plebeev and slaves. The anniversary of the founding of the Temple of Diana on Auntina, one of the seven Roman hills, was considered their holiday, which ensured the goddess popularity among the lower classes. A legend of an extraordinary cow is associated with this temple: it was predicted that the one who would sacrifice her goddess in the sanctuary on Auntine will provide its city over all Italy.

When the king of servicing Tully, he learned about the prediction, he seized the cow, brought an animal to sacrifice Diana and decorated with his horns. Diana was identified with the Greek Artemide and the goddess of the darkness and sorcerers of Heekata. With Diana, the myth of the unfortunate hunter Akteon is connected. A young man who saw a bathing excellent goddess, Artemis - Diana in anger turned into a deer, who was confused by their own dogs.

Goddess Athena

Athena , in the Greek mythology, the goddess of wisdom, just war and crafts, daughter of Zeus and Titanides of Metyda. Zeus, having learned that the Son from Metis would deprive His power, swallowed a pregnant spouse, and then himself made a completely adult Athena himself, released with Hephaesta from his head in full combat pleasure.
Athena was as part of Zeus, the performer of his plans and will. She is the thought of Zeus, implemented in action. Her attributes - Snake and Owl, as well as aegis, shield from goat skins, decorated with a head-haired jellyfish, who has a magical power, awesome gods and people. According to one of the versions, the statue of Athens, Palladium, allegedly fell from heaven; Hence her name - Athena Pallada.
Early myths describe how Hefesta tried to master Athena. To avoid the loss of virginity, she miraculously disappeared, and the seed of the Kuznez's God shedding to the ground, breeding the snake of Erichton. The daughters of the first ruler of Athens, half aim of Kekrop, receiving a storage from Athena the chest with a monster and not to look inside, violated the promise. The angry goddess lowered madness on them. She also deprived of vision of the young Tiresiyia, a random witness of her ablution, but put it in the gift of the priest. Athena during the period of heroic mythology fought with titans and giants: she kills one giant, with a different skin with the skin, the island of Sicily in the third.
Classical Athena patronizes heroes and protects public order. She revealed from the misfortune of Bellerofont, Jason, Hercules and Perseus. It was she who helped her favorite Odyssey to overcome all the difficulties and get to Ithaca after the Trojan War. The most significant support was provided by Athena Motherbike Ores. She helped Prometheus to kidnap the divine fire, defended the Greeks-Ahetis during the Trojan war; She is the patroness of gonchars, weaver and needlewomen. The cult of Athens, common throughout Greece, was especially honored in Athens, which she patronized. In Roman mythology, the goddess corresponds to Minerva.

The goddess of Aphrodite or the goddess Venus

Aphrodite ("Pennogenian"), in the Greek mythology, the goddess of beauty and love penetrating the whole world. According to one of the versions, the goddess was born from the blood of uranium, looked at the titanium by the titanium: the blood fell into the sea, forming a foam (in Greek - Afros). Aphrodite was not only a patroness of love, which was reported by the author of the poem "On the nature of things" titles of Lucretia Car, but also the goddess of fertility, eternal spring and life. According to legend, she usually appeared surrounded by their usual companions - Nymph, OR and HARIT. In the myths of Aphrodite performed goddess marriages and childbirth.
Thanks to the eastern origin of Aphrodite, it was often identified with the Phoenician goddess of fertility Astarthta, Egyptian Isida and Assyrian Ishtar.
Despite the fact that the serving of the goddess contained some shade of sensuality (heterhares called her "her goddess"), over the centuries, the archaic goddess from sexual and loosely turned into an excellent Aphrodite, which was able to take the honorary place on Olympus. The fact of its possible origin from the blood of uranium was forgotten.

Seeing the beautiful goddess at Olympus, all the gods fell in love with her, but Aphrodite became his wife Hephaest - the most skillful and most ugly of all the gods, although in the future she gave birth to children and from other gods, including Dionysus and Ares. In the ancient literature, you can also meet mention that Aphrodite was married and with Ares, sometimes even called children who were born from this marriage: Eros (or Eros), Anteros (Hate), Harmony, Phobos (Fear), Dimimony (horror).
Perhaps the greatest love of Aphrodite was an excellent adonis, the son of Beauty Mirra, turned into a world-tree, giving a beneficial resin to Mirr. Soon Adonis died on the hunt from the wound caused by the wild wave. From droplets of the blood of youth, roses bloom, and from tears aphrodite - anemones. According to another version, the cause of the death of Adonis was the anger of Ares, who came across Aphrodite.
Aphrodite was one of the three goddesses who set up their beauty. Watching Paris, the son of the Trojan Tsar, a beautiful woman on Earth, Elena, the wife of the Spartan Tsar Mellaya, she won the dispute, and the abduction of Elena Parsis served as a reason for the beginning of the Trojan War.
The ancient Greeks believed that Aphrodite had patronage heroes, but its assistance was distributed only to the sphere of feelings, as was the case with Paris.
Rudiment Archaic Past Goddess was her belt, in which, according to legend, love, desire, words of seduction were concluded. It was this belly of Aphrodite that handed the hero in order to help her distract the attention of Zeus.
Numerous goddess sanctoes were in many regions of Greece - in Corinth, Messia, in Cyprus and Sicily. In ancient Rome, Aphrodite was identified with Venus and was considered the ancestor of Romans thanks to his son, the ancestor of Yuliyev, to whom, according to legend, belonged to Julius Caesar.

Venus, in the Roman mythology goddess of gardens, beauty and love.
In ancient Roman literature, the name Venus was often used as a synonym for fruits. Some scientists name of the goddess translated as the "mercy of the Gods".
After the widespread extension of the legend of the Venus, revered in some cities of Italy as Frutis, was identified with Mother Enai Aphrodite. Now she has become not only the goddess of beauty and love, but also the patronage of the descendants of the Enai and all the Romans. The Sicilian Temple built a considerable influence on the spread of Cult Venus in Rome.
Apotherapose popularity Cult Venus reached in the first century BC. e. When the famous Sulla Sulla Senator, who believed that the goddess brings him happiness, and Guy Pompei, who built the temple and dedicated him to Venus winner. Guy Julius Caesar highly read this goddess, considering her son, Eney, the ancestor of the genus Yuliyev.
Venus was awarded such epithets as a freezing, cleansing, marked, in memory of courageous romels, which during the war with the galls grumbled hair in order to weave the ropes of them.
In the literary works, Venus performed as a goddess of love and passion. In honor of Venus, one of the planets of the solar system was named.

Goddess Hekata

Hecate , in the ancient Greek mythology, the goddess of the night, the ruler of the darkness. Agheat ruled over all the ghosts and monsters, night vision and magician. She was born as a result of the marriage union Titan Persian and Asteria.
Hekata had three bodies connected together, six pairs of hands and three heads. Zeus - the king of the gods - endowed her with power over the fate of the Earth and the sea, and Uranus gave an uncomfortable force.
The Greeks believed that hekata wanders in deep darkness at night with his permanent satellites of the owls and snakes, illuminating the path with chaded torches.

She passed past the graves along with her terrible retinue, surrounded by monstrous dogs from the kingdom of Aida, inhabiting stycase. Hekata sent horrors and grave dreams to Earth and ruined people.
Sometimes hekata helped people, for example, she helped the slower to achieve Love Jason. It was believed that she helped sorcerers and sorcerers. The ancient Greeks believed: if you bring a sacrifice of dogs, while standing at the crossroads of three roads, it will help to remove the spells and relieve the evil damage.
Underground gods, similar to hekate, personified mainly formidable forces of nature.

Goddess Gay.

Gay (G A I A, A I A, G H) · mother Earth . The oldest doomempic deity, who played a crucial role in the process of creating the world as a whole. Gay was born after chaos. She is one of the four first-mention (chaos, land), herself herself from herself to the uranium-sky and taking him to the spouses. Together with Uranium, Gay spawned six titans and six titanide, among which the Kronos and Reia, the parents of the Supreme Dehesis of the Greek Pantheon - Zeus, Aida, Poseidon, Gera, Demeters and Geastia. It was also a pont-sea, three cyclops and three storuchniki. All of them their horrible species were excited by the hatred of the Father, and he did not let them on the world from the womb. Gaya, suffering from the severity of the children hidden in it, decided to stop the natural fecundity of his spouse, and in her bait the Kronos, the uranium was keen, from the blood of which the monsters and beautiful Aphrodite appeared. Gay and Ponta marriage gave rise to a number of monsters. The grandchildren of Gay led by Zeus in the battle with the children of Gay Titans - defeated the latter, dropping them into tartar, and divided the world among themselves.

Gaia does not live on Olympus and does not take actively participating in the life of the Olympic gods, but monitors all what is happening and often gives them wise advice. She advises ree, how to save Zeus from the voraciousness of the Kronos, who devours all his newborn children: Reya instead of the baby Zeus wrapped the stone, which the Kronos safely swallowed. She reports how fate awaits Zeus. According to her, Zeus liberated the storuchi, who served him in Titanoachei. She advised Zeus to start the Trojan War. Golden apples growing in the gardens hesperid is her gift hero. A strong power is known, which Gay was poured his children: her son from the Union with Poseidon Antey was invulnerable thanks to her: he could not be thrown while he touched the feet to his mother - the Earth. Sometimes Gai demonstrated its independence from the Olympic to: In alliance with Tartar, she spawned a monstrous titon, which he destroyed Zeus. Her given was the dragon palm. The offspring of gay is terribly distinguished by wildness and spontaneous power, disproportion (one eye in Kiklopov), the ugliness and mixing of animals and human traits. Over time, the spontaneously generating gay functions have departed to the background. She turned out to be a keeper of ancient wisdom, and she was the ledents of the fate and her laws, so she was identified with Feheme and had its ancient priviless in Delphi, which then became an expressing Appolon. The image of GII was partially embodied in Demeter, with its beneficial functions for humans, calling Karporos. - Fruit, in the goddess of Mother Rehe with its inexhaustible fertility, in Kibel with its orgiastic cult.

The cult of gay was distributed everywhere: both on the mainland and islands, and in colonies.

Goddess Grazi.

Grace , in Roman mythology (in ancient Greek - Harita), benefactor goddesses, personifying joyful, kind and eternally young onset of life, daughters of Jupiter, Nymph and goddesses. The names of the grace (harit), their origin and the number in different myths are different. In the ancient times, the goddesia depicted in the hits falling soft folds, and later - naked so that nothing hide their charms.
Three graces personify beauty, love and pleasure. Graces consist in the retinue of Venus. In neoplatonism, they symbolize three aspects of love. In medieval art - graces are virtue, beauty and love, and their attributes are rose, myrtle and apple, sometimes playing bones.
"Graces are either naked when they wanted to show that there are no deception, or dressed in translucent clothes when they want to emphasize their charms and dignity" (Seneca).

Europe

Europe , in Greek mythology, the daughter of the Phoenician Tsar Agenor, who became the subject of the passion of the thunderstorms of Zeus. Flying over the city of Sidon, Zeus saw girls who drove in the meadow of dance of the wearing wreaths of bright colors. Everything more beautiful was Europe - the daughter of the local king. Zeus went down to the ground and appeared in the appearance of a wonderful white bull, located at the foot of Europe. Europe, laughing, sat on his wide back. At the same moment, the bull rushed into the sea and took her to the island of Crete, where Europe gave birth to Zeus 3 sons - Minos, Radamanfa and Sardonon, and then married the local king Asteria ("Star"), who adopted her sons from God. Zeus graciously gave the opponent of the mighty copper Pelican Talos, who was supposed to guard Crete, three times a day by the island. And the Divine Bull was placed on the sky - the constellation of the Taurus, as a reminder of Europe about his great love for her.

Goddess Irida

Irida , in the ancient Greek mythology, the goddess, the patroness of Rainbow. Arid was born from the Union of Tavmante and the Oceanid of the Electra.
Her sisters were harpi.
According to the representation of the ancient Greeks, the rainbow was the bridge that joined the sky and the Earth.
When the Olympic religion was formed, Irida became memorable, as well as Hermes, the interviews between the celestialists and the world of people.
Irida performed the commands of Zeus unquestionably, without adding their own changes, which distinguished her from Hermes.

The image of Irida could usually meet in the story sketches associated with myths about the heer. The goddess of rainbow was represented in the form of a winged girl. The usual attribute of it was a rainwater mug.
Morpheus, in Greek mythology, the winged deity of dreams, the son of God's Sleep Holness, the grandson of the goddess of revenge Nemmeyda.

Lamia

Lamia , character of ancient Greek mythology.
Lamia was a beloved Zeus and gave birth to children from him. Hera from jealousy killed them and deprived the beloved Supreme God of sleep.
Lamia, hiding in a gloomy dungeon, turned into a monster focused by people. Not having to sleep, this creature walked at night and sucking blood from counter people; Her victims most often became young men. To fall asleep, Lamyia took her eyes, becoming the most vulnerable at this time.
In later legends of European peoples, Lamia was depicted in the appearance of a snake with her head and a breast of a beautiful woman. She lived in forest bowls and abandoned castles. This creature seduced men and suck their blood, killed children.
A similar character also existed in the mythology of the South Slavs. This creature was called Lamia, it was a monster with a snake body and a dog head. Lamyia made raids on the gardens and devoured all the fruits of the face of the peasants.

Music

Music , in the ancient Greek mythology of the goddess and patroness of the arts and sciences. Muses were considered daughters of Zeus and the goddess of Memosen's memory. The word "muse" comes from the Greek "Musa" ("Thinking"), they were also called Aonides, Aerian sisters, Parnasides, Castalads, Piereds and Iporalides.
Total Nine Sisters: Melpomena - Muza Tragedy, Waist - Muse Comedy, Callieopa - Muse of Epic Poetry, Evterpa - Muse Lyrics, Erato - Muse of Love Songs, Terraticor - Dance Muse, Klio - Muse of History, Urania - Muse Astronomy and Polygymnia - Muse Sacred hymns. The goddesses usually performed under the guidance of the patron of art of Apollo, who received the second name of Musaget from the gods.

Their names, except uranium ("heavenly") and Klio ("giving glory") are associated with singing and dancing. These godders worshiped scientists of men and artists of ancient Greece.
It was believed that the first who brought the victims of the muses was the giants of Aload - from and Efial. It was they who introduced the cult of muses and gave them names, thinking that there were only three of them: Melta ("Experience"), MEME ("Memory"), aid ("Song"). After some time, the number of muses was increased to nine who arrived from Macedonia with a pyer, who gave them names.
Muses were women of heavenly beauty, and this is their quality not left unnoticed by other gods. Many of the Muses made offspring from the gods: for example, Talia gave birth from Zeus-Korshun Sicilian twins - blinds; Melpomena and God Aheloy made on the light of monstrous creatures, attracting their singing travelers and devouring them.

Nemesis

Nemesis (Nemoxid), in the ancient Greek mythology goddess of agony.
The responsibilities of the Goddess included punishment for crimes, observing the honest and equal distribution of benefits among mortals.
Nemesis was born in Nick's penalty to the Cronos, along with other breeding of the goddess of the night: Tanatosom - the God of Death, Erida, the goddess of discord, the goddess of deception, Kerom, the God of Destroyment and Hynos - the God of Gloomy Dreams.
Nemesis was also called Adrasthey - "inevitable." The word "Nemesis" comes from the Greek NEMO, meaning "fairly rich". According to one of the myths, Nemedes from marriage with Zeus was born daughter Elena, the guilt of the Trojan War.
The most revered goddess Nemesis was in Ramunte, where she was dedicated to the temple near Marathon. In the temple there was her statue of fidi. The goddess was revered in ancient Rome. The images of nemesides are found on ancient amphoras, mosaics and other artworks, where it was drawn with weights in their hands, as well as with other objects, symbolized the balance, punishment and speed: bridle, sword and whip.

Pandora

Pandora ("Everyone gifted"), in Greek mythology, the first woman created by Athena and Hephaeste at the Teling of Zeus, seeking to take revenge on people for whom Prometheus stole the divine fire. Hephasta caught her, mixing the ground with water. Athena dressed in a silver dress and pulled the golden crown. A woman called Pandora, as the gods endowed the girl with beauty, jewels, outfits. According to the supreme God, she had to bring people temptations and sorrows, so Zeus handed her sealed casket, in which all misfortunes and disasters were concluded. Going to the ground, a curious Pandora did not lose and broke the stamp of Larz, having released hatred, disappointment, pain, misfortunes, diseases and vices, Dotol, unknown mankind. But nevertheless, the head of the gods did not want to enjoy cruel. The Larz had a feeling capable of defeating any evil - hope.

Goddess Persephone

Persephone , In Greek mythology, the daughter of Zeus and the goddess Demeter. The goddess of fertility and agriculture of Demeter loved her only daughter, Beautiful Persephone. For her, she raised beautiful fragrant flowers in the meadows of Eldla, allowed dragonfly and butterflies to flit among them, and singer birds fill the meadows and groves with melodic singing. Young Persephone adored the bright world of uncle Helios - the god of the sun and mother's green meadows, lush trees, bright flowers and burgling throughout the streams, on the surface of which the sun glare played. Neither she nor her mother knew that Zeus promised her to his gloomy brother Aida - the God of the underground kingdom. Once a demeter with Persephone was walked along a green meadow. Persephone rescued with girlfriends, rejoicing the light and warmth, rushing the aromas of meadow flowers. Suddenly, in the grass, she found a flower with an unknown beauty, which made a blistering smell. This gay at the request of Aida raised him to attract the attention of Persephone. As soon as the girl touched the strange flower, the earth turned around and the Golden Coach appeared, harmed with four black horses. It rules AID. He picked up Persefon and took her to his palace in the underground kingdom. The demmers killed by Horam died in black clothes and went to search for her daughter. Gloomy times have come for everything living on Earth. The trees have lost a lush foliage, the flowers faded, the cereals did not give grain. Not fruited neither field nor gardens. Hunger has come. I froze the whole life. Human genus threatened death. The gods, which from time to time went down to people from Olympus and cared for them, began to ask Zeus to tell Demeter the truth about Persephone. But learning the truth, the mother was even more sidewrd to her daughter. Then Zeus sent Hermes to Aida with a request to let go from time to his wife to Earth so that Persephone could see his mother. Aid did not dare to disobey Zeus. Seeing her daughter, Demeter delighted, in his eyes the tears of joy in his eyes. This moisture filled the Earth, the gentle grass was covered with meadows, and the flowers blossomed on recently drooped stems. Soon chopped copies. Nature woke up for a new life. From those on the command of the Persephone Zeus, two thirds of the year must be carried out with a mother and one third - with her husband. So an alternation of the seasons arose. When Persephone is in the kingdom of her husband, the despondency attacks the demeter, and winter comes on Earth. But then every return of his daughter to the mother to the world of uncle Helios is all living with new juices and leads to spring in all its triumphant beauty. That is why Persephone is always depicted in the form of a beautiful girl with a bouquet of flowers and a sheaf of the bombing and consider her goddess of the upcoming spring, the sister of the goddess of the kingdom of flowers and plants flora. And she lives in the sky as a wonderful constellation of Virgo. The brightest star in the constellation of the Virgin is called the spike, which means the spike. In Roman mythology, the goddess corresponds to Proserpina.

Psyche

Psyche (Greek.y u c h, "Soul", "Butterfly"), in Greek mythology personification of the soul, breathing. The ancient Greeks represented their souls of the dead in the form of a butterfly or a flying bird. The souls of the dead in the kingdom of Aida are depicted flying, they are submitted from the blood of victims, fluttering in the form of shadows and phantoms. The souls of the dead go on the whirlwind of ghosts around the chambers, the ghost of Achille in the siege of the Troy appears accompanied by the vortex. Myths about the princess psychrayed about the desire of the human soul to merge with love. For indescribable beauty, people revealed psyche more than Aphrodite. According to one of the versions, the jealous goddess sent her son, the Deity of Love Erota (Amur), excite the passion in the girl to the most ugly of the people, however, seeing beauty, the young man lost his head and forgot his mother's admission. Becoming Psychai's spouse, he did not allow her to look at him. She, burning from curiosity, lit the lamp at night and looked at her husband, without noticing the hot droplet of oil, fell on his skin, and the spouse disappeared. In the end, like Zeus, loving connected. Apuli in "Metamorphosis" retells the myth of the romantic love of Amur and Psychai; Strangers of the human soul, thirsting to meet with their love.

Goddess Femida

Themis , in the ancient Greek mythology goddess of justice.
The Greeks called the goddess of different names, such as Temid, the Teisce. Themis was the daughter of the god of the sky of uranium and gay, the second wife of Zeus and the mother of numerous offspring. Her daughters were the goddes of fate - Moyra.
In one of the legends, themis acts as Mother Titan Prometheus, who devoted the Son to the secret of the fate of Zeus. Thunderstroke should have perished from one of his children born fetis. In the myth of Promethea, it is described that the hero discovered this mystery only after the millennial torment, for which Zeus obedience.
In Olympia, the inhabitants of the ancient Greece put the sacrifices Zeus, Goe and the Femis nearby, which shows how they chosen this goddess of the rule of law.

Cydrug Tsirceia

Cirque, Kirk, in Greek mythology, a powerful witch, the daughter of the Sun of Helios and Perside. By pooling her husband, King Sarmatov, she settled on the magic island of Ey. On the road from Troy, Odyssey landed on Eu, and the magic of the Tsiressie turned his team members in animals. Under the protection of Hermes, Odysseus was invulnerable to the witchcraft of the beauty and was able to destroy her evil spells, and later even enlisted the support of the wizard. After spending a happy year at the Circeda, Odyssey learned from her how safely sailing past the sirens and get to get between the terrible Szillo and Terrible Charibda. Once Schill was a rival of a cunning circce, which turned the girl in a monster, filming her to one of his Divine lovers. According to some reports, the Circeda from Odyssey had a son Telegen, who was inadvertently destroyed his father. In the end, the circulation witch married Odyssey's eldest son, Telemach.

Roman gods

In Rome, twelve Great Olympians turned into Romans. The influence of Greek art and literature was so large there that the ancient Roman deities acquired the traits of similarities with the corresponding Greek gods, and then merged completely with them. Most of them, however, had Roman names: This is Jupiter (Zeus), Junon (Gera), Neptune (Poseidon), Vesta (Gestiya), Mars (Ares), Minerva (Athena), Venus (Aphrodite), Mercury (Hermes) , Diana (Artemis), volcano or Mulkyber (Hephaest), Ceres (Demeter).

Two of them retained their Greek names: Apollo and Pluto; Moreover, the second of them was never called in Rome Aid. The god of wine, viticulture and winemaking VAKH (but never Dionysis also had a Latin name: Lieber.

The Greek Pantheon of the gods of the Romans was pretty easily, because their own gods were not personalized enough. The Romans possessed a deep religious feeling, but not too much imagination. They would never have been able to create images of Olympians - everyone with alive, well-pronounced features. His gods before those had to give way to Greek, they imagined pretty foggy, hardly more brightly than just "those who are upstairs." They were called a common, collective name: Numina (Numina), which in Latin means forces or will, perhaps, will of the will.

While Greek literature and art did not bear their way to Italy, the Romans did not have the need for beautiful, poetic gods. They were people practitioners and were not very worried about "about muses in wreaths from violets" or "Lyrichny Apollo, that sweet melodies removes from her lyra", etc. They wanted to worship pragmatic gods. So, an important force in their eyes was "the one who guarded the cradle." Another such force was "one who disposes of children's food." Myths have never been made about them. For the most part, no one even knew what they were the floor - male or female. Simple acts of everyday life were associated with them; These gods gave them a certain dignity, which could not be said about the Greek Gods, with the exception of Demetra and Dionysus.

The most famous and revered of them were Lara and Penates. Each Roman family had its own Lara, the spirit of ancestor, and several fenats, custodians of the hearth and the guardians of the household. These were our own gods of families belonging to only her, its most important part, defenders and patrons of the house. They have never been random in temples; It was done only at home, where during each meal they were offered some spacing food. There were also public lari and foams that performed the same functions in relation to the city as personal - to the family.

There was also a set of will-forces related to the management of the household: for example, the term, the guard of the borders; Priap, God-fertility rate; Palee, patroneal livestock; Silvan, assistant pahalas and woodcutters. Their list is quite extensive. Everything that was important for the management of the economy was under the jurisdiction of some benefactor, which any definite form was never attached.

Saturn was one of these will-forces - patrons of the sowns and crops, and his spouse One performed as an assistant harvest assemblers. In a later era of Saturn began to identify with the Greek crown and consider the father of Jupiter, Greek Zeus. Thus, personal properties were attached; A number of myths were made about him. In memory of the "golden age", when he rules in Italy, every year in the winter in Rome was a holiday - Saturnalia. His idea was that at the time of the festivities to land returns the "Golden Age". At this time, it was forbidden to declare war; Slaves and owners made a meal at one table; Punishment was postponed; Everyone gave each other gifts. In the human brain, thus supported the idea of \u200b\u200bthe equality of people, about the time when everyone was at the same social level.

Janus was originally also one of these efforts, more precisely, the "deities of good undertakings", which, naturally, should also end well. Over time, he was responsible for a certain extent. The facades of his main temple in Rome went east and west, that is, where the sun rises and where it comes down; The temple had two doors, between which the statue of Janus was standing with two faces: old and young. If Rome was in the world's neighbors, both doors were closed. For the first seven hundred years of the existence of Rome, they closed only three times: in the rule of the good king Numa Pumpilia, after the first Punic war in 241 BC. e. and in the rule of the emperor of August, when, according to Milton,

Neither thunder wars nor clicks of battles

I was not heard in the sublutage world.

Naturally, the new year began with a month dedicated to Janus, that is, from January.

Favn was the grandson of Saturn. It represents something like Greek Pan; It was a rather rude, rough god. However, he also possessed a prophetic gift and was people in a dream. The fauna became Roman satire.

Quirin is the name of the deified Romulus, the founder of Rome (13).

Mana are the souls located in the Aid of the Righteous. Sometimes they were considered divine and worshiped them.

Lemurs or Larva - soul sinners and villains; They were very afraid.

Kamens - originally very useful from the practical point of view of the goddess, taking care of the sources, water bodies, etc., acknowledged diseases and predicted the future. With the arrival in Rome, the Greek gods were identified with completely non-scrambled muses, which patronized only art and science. According to one of the versions of Egeria, who gave advice to the king of Nouma Pubrugi, was such a stone.

Luzin is sometimes considered as a Roman goddess-rowingressor; However, this name is usually used as epithet to the names of Juno or Diana.

Pomona and Vertun were originally considered the will of the forces, patronizing gardening and gardening. Later they were personified and was even complicated by the myth on how they loved each other.

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- Goddess Morning Dawn. The ancient Greeks called the Aurora of the ruddy gourney, the robust goddess EOS. Aurora was the daughter of the titanium of Hipperion and Tayy. For another version of the Sun - Helios and the Moon - Selena).

Artemis - the daughter of Zeus and Lety, the sister of Apollo, between the women's deities the same as her brother between male. She gives light and life, she is the goddess of childbirth and the goddess-Kormilitsa; Accompanied by forest nymphs, hunts in the forests and mountains, guarding herd and game. She never obeyed the strength of love, and, like Apollo, does not know the gon marriage. In Roman mythology - Diana.

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Aphrodite is the daughter of Zeus and Diana, called it because it seemed that there would be from the sea foam. She is a goddess of beauty, happy love and marriage, superior to all the goddesses of the charm and grace. In Roman mythology - Venus.

Venus - in the Roman mythology of the goddess of gardens, beauty and love, was identified with Mother Enaia Aphrodite. Venus was not only the goddess of beauty and love, but also the patronage of the descendants of the Enai and all the Romans.

Hekata is the goddess of the night, the ruler of the Mraka. Hekata ruled over all the ghosts and monsters, night vision and sorcerence. She was born as a result of the marriage union Titan Persian and Asteria.

Graces - in Roman mythology, well-known goddesses, personifying joyful, kind and eternally young onset of life, daughters of Jupiter, Nymph and goddesses. In ancient Greek mythology - Harites.

Diana - in the Roman mythology of the goddess of nature and hunt, was considered the impersonation of the moon. Diana still accompanied the epithet "Goddess of Three Roads", interpreted as a sign of the triple power Diana: in heaven, on earth and underground.

Irida is the personification of the rainbow connecting the sky with the Earth, the messenger of the gods, meditally in their intercourse between him and with people. This is the newsrier Zeus and Gera and the minister of the latter.

Kibel - the daughter of uranium and gay, the spouse of the Kronos, was considered the great mother of the gods. It is an impersonation of the ordering natural strength of the beginning.

Minerva - in the Roman mythology of the goddess of wisdom, art, war and cities, patroness of artisans.

Mnemozina - in the Greek mythmotmation of the goddess of memory, daughter of uranium and gay, Titanide. Music Music, which she gave birth to Zeus. In terms of the number of nine nights, which Mnemozin gave Zeus, and the music was nine.

Moira - Laisis ("Giving Lot"), CLOTO ("Prying") and Atropos ("inevitable"), daughters of Nite. Moyry are the goddess of fate, natural necessity, eternal and immutable global laws.

Music - goddess and patroness of the arts and sciences. Muses were considered daughters of Zeus and the goddess of memory mnemosina.

Nemesis - Goddess Music. The responsibilities of the Goddess included punishment for crimes, observing the honest and equal distribution of benefits among mortals. Nemesis was born in nickname in punishment Kronos.

Persephone - daughter Zeus and Demeters, or Tsetra, Pluto's spouse, or Aida, the Terrible Lady of Shadows, owing the souls of the dead and over the monsters of the underworld, tolerating people with Aid and performing them. In Roman mythology - Proserpina.

Reya - in the ancient myth-making Greek goddess, one of the Titanide, the daughter of uranium and gay, the spouse of the Kronos. The cult of Rei was considered one of the most ancients, but was not very common in Greece itself.

The pidea is one of the oldest deities, Titanide, the daughter of gay and uranium, sister and the ocean spouse, the mother of flows, rivers and three thousand Oceanid, was considered the goddess that gives life to the whole existing.

Themis is the goddess of justice. The Greeks called the goddess of the Temida, the Temis. Themis was the daughter of the god of the sky of uranium and gay. Her daughters were the goddes of fate - Moyra.

Harites - daughters of Zeus and Oceanides of Evrinoma, embodied joyful, kind and eternally the young start. The name of these beautiful godesses Aglaya ("shining"), Euphrosina ("Breaking"), a waist ("blooming"), Clatt ("desired") and Peito ("conviction").

Eurmeni - gracious, benevolent goddesses are one of the names of the women's deities, the most famous under the name of Erinia, in the Romans of Furion, which means angry, violent, goddess-avenger.

Erinia - Daughters of the Earth and Mraka, the terrible goddesses of curse, revenge and karas, rebelled against criminals and punishing them only for the sake of restoring moral order in the world, they advantageously actover for violation of the consecrated family rights. In Roman mythology - Fouri.

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