ROMAN GODS

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ROMAN GODS

• By Alyson Tsui

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The Gods of Rome

• The Rome thought of their gods as super-humans
  who made friends and quarrelled just like humans,
  but never died. They borrowed this ides from the
  Greeks and they took over some of the Greek gods.
  In the end they came to see the chief Roman gods
  and goddesses as the same as the Greek ones who
  lived on Mount Olympus and controlled all that
  went on in the world. They aimed to please them
  so that Rome and the Empire would do well and
  prosper.

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• Jupiter, king of the gods (Greek name Zeus).
  Also the god of the sky and the weather

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• Mars, god of war (Greek name Ares).

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Neptune, god of the sea (Greek name Poseldon).
He also caused earthquakes by banging his trident.
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• Vulcan, god of metalworking (Greek name
  Hephaistos). The Romans believed he made
  thunderbolts for Jupiter under Mount Etna in
  Sicily. Etna sometimes erupts like Vesuvius.

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• Mercury, god of communications (Greek name
  Hermes). The messenger of the gods who looked
  after travellers, merchants and people engaged in
  trade and business. Businesspeople wanted him on
  their side so that they would earn large profits.

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• Juno, queen of the gods (Greek name Hera). One
  special job was to look after women in childbirth.

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• Minerva, goddess of science and crafts (Greek
  name Athene).

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• Diana, goddess of the moon and hunting (Greek
  name Artemis)

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• Ceres, goddess of agriculture (Greek name
  Demeter). Started as a goddess of corn and then
  became goddess of agriculture in general.

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• Venus, goddess of love (Greek name Aphrodite).

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• Vesta, goddess of fire (Greek name Hestia).
  There was a temple to Vesta in the centre of Rome
  with a sacred fleme which stood for the life of
  the city.