back and relax. The Romans took over were the Greeks left off, and they gave the gods new names, but most of them the same duties. Zeus to the Greeks was Jupiter to the Romans, Hera's name was changed to Juno, Aphrodite was Venus, and Posiedon was Neptune. There are many other gods that the Romans took and changed around and here are some of them, Hades was Pluto, Hermes was Mercury, Athena was Minerva, and Hephaestus was Vulcan. The Romans wanted to live the life of the wealthy and to have the power so they modeled there society after the Greeks not just the Athenian, but the powerful Spartans known for there military force. Zeus was the most powerful of all the gods, but they had a council of the gods on how everything will go down in the lives of the people. They would all suggest things and nothing was final until they all agreed or one of them went and did something behind the others back. Zeus had the final word of course and he could do what he wanted, because he was the king. He is known of his lighting bolts which he would cast down on the people of Greece in storms or when they got out of hand. Zeus would not have had the lighting bolts if it was not for Hephaestus the god of the fire and metallurgy. Hephaestus would make all things for the gods and they would give things to the gods favorite people on earth as gifts. Hermes was the messenger of the gods, as he would watch the people of Greece at his look out and he would run when something was wrong in the country. Hermes was gifted in both sight and speed as he was the fastest thing in the known world. Aphrodite was the goddess of love and she would help out the people who were meant for each other. Athena was the goddess of war and wisdom and she would help out the people in battle by either giving them ideas to defeat there enemies, or help them with weapons there enemies could not match. Eros also known as Cupid to the Romans is the god of erotic love and d...
