The greek gods

The Greeks ( google books) were Polytheism, they had many gods and goddesses. The Greeks worshiped their gods a what they call a pantheon. Each one of the gods were the god of something, they had there own power. The Stories or myths of the Greek gods told why things were the way the were, humans, life, the sun."The ancient Greeks viewed their gods as being a large interrelated group or society that had a very complex hierarchical system in which they all functioned collectively" source, Link

Zeus is king of the gods, god of the sky. He was the ruler of all the gods and goddesses.When Zeus would get mad, which happened a lot, he would throw down thunder bolts. Hera was Zeus's wife however, Zeus had many other kids that was not Hera. The Greek gods were very much like humans with super powers, or celebrates. link

"The Greek goddess Athena is usually portrayed as one of the most benevolent goddesses . . .strong, fair, and merciful." Athena is the goddess of wisdom. She was born out of her father Zeus's head. The Greeks loved her so much that they named a city after her, Athens Greece.

Also, she was the goddess of war. Being the god of war she was not in expertise in violence, but more so in disciplined part of war. Source ,link

Hera was the goddess of marriage, the wife to Zeus. She was also Zeus's sister.

Zeus had many kids, however, not with Hera. Naturally this would make any woman mad. Time and time again, Hera tried to get rid of them. google books

The Greek gods are very interesting. They have a lot of human characteristics about them. The people of Greece worshiped their gods in a pantheon. The Greek gods also had favorites humans that they would help out. One can learn a lot about them from the Iliad and the odyssey, which were the great epic poems that were written by homer.link