The Greeks were devoted followers to their faith. They prayed everyday, and …show more content…
Each one having their own purpose in how they helped the mortals when they were in need. The most famous being the king of the gods, Zeus, and his two brothers, Hades and Poseidon. However, there were many more deities that were praised.
The goddess of Love. Aphrodite has two stories about how she came about, whether or not they are true nobody knows. The first one is from Hesiod 's Theogony, which says that when Cronos cut off his father 's’, Uranus’, genitals and threw them into the sea that she rose from the sea foam. The second one from Homer’s Iliad says, that she was the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Aphrodite is married to Hephaestus, god of blacksmiths and fire, but she is having and affair with Ares, the god of war. Her symbols are the dove, seashells, and mirrors.
Hecate was the goddess of witchcraft and necromancy in the ancient Greek religion. She was one of the main deities that was worshipped in most Athenian houses because she was thought to protect the household and bring about prosperity. No one knows how Hecate came about. Her most important sanctuary was