By virtue of its unbroken, ancient culture, the Greek character is ancient and complex. But it also has some very simple and unique and definitive characteristics.
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Dionysus, along with Demeter, were considered the two great gods of the earth. While Demeter was ruler of the harvest and agriculture, Dionysus specialized in the vintner’s art, and the orgiastic celebrations that accompanied his worship
The image of Artemis is of a vibrant, strong, independent woman in charge of wild nature, dancing in the glades with her entourage of nymphs, or hunting forest creatures
Hermes is one of those multi-talented, multi-faceted deities that seem to be everywhere at once. Which is pretty logical, since speed is his chief modus operandi thanks to a pair of winged sandals and a winged helmet
Athena was perhaps the most accomplished of all the Olympians. Favorite of her father, Zeus, Athena was a skilled fighter, an aid to many in both a practical and advisory capacity, was the patron of handicrafts
Unique among the Olympians, Hades is both the name of a god, and the name of a place- the underworld. To the Greeks, Hades as a toponym was simply the abode of the dead
Although Poseidon is primarily known as the god of the sea, he also has sovereignty over storms and earthquakes. In addition, he gave man the first horse
Zeus starts out as an usurper, as his father, Cronus, was an usurper. This is noteworthy in that there seems to have always been a rather rebellious, uncooperative spirit in the Greek psyche
Demeter was arguably the most important deity to the literal everyday survival of ancient Greeks by virtue of her intimate connection to agriculture
It may seem a little strange that the goddess associated with hearth and home, as well as with aiding women during childbirth, would have such a disruptive married life, but that’s just an honest reflection of many (but, thankfully, not all) human marriages
The Greek mythological tradition, compared with other mythologies around the globe, is stunning in its complexity and in its inventiveness in explaining natural phenomena
