Apollo himself owned a softer kind of power. It is often said that Apollo, as the probably sensitive kind of “boy” he was, was dependent on his father who mostly lent him his strength. Lover of Zeus, so in favor of the most powerful godĪpollo holding the lyre he was given by HermesĪlso commonly called Apollon, the Greek god of music and poetry, but also of archery, healing, plague and disease – and what’s more powerful than controlling plagues and diseases, or even more importantly, healing?Īccording to Homer, he was the son of Zeus and Leto (a Titaness, who belonged to the mighty pre-Olympian gods), and his twin sister was Artemis.She defied Zeus and made him give her Persephoneback.She is the goddess who decides whether people will get food on the table.Once she found out Zeus had allowed Hades to treat their daughter this way, she was so angry that she left Olympus and decided to dwell on earth, wreaking havoc (until Zeus allowed Persephone to sometimes escape Hades to visit her mother – long live parental custody rights). Demeter is said to have searched for her abducted daughter for 9 days in which she followed her cries. Zeus promised said daughter first to Hades who in turn abducted and raped her (but she also became his wife). The very famous daughter she had with Zeus (who is actually her brother!) is called Persephone. She is known to be a very “old” goddess in the sense that ancient gods in many cultures were almost always worshipped for giving quality fields, grains and other sources of food. Needless to say, Greeks worshipped her and asked for fertile land. Leaving aside that the name of this goddess sounds more like the Dutch word for a metric unit, Demeter was known as the goddess of agriculture – she protected plants and grains that gave the Greeks life through food. He is one of Zeus’ favorite bastard sons.The power of wine washes people’s worries away and they thank Dionysus for it.But as we all know drunk people fight less (hah) and so the image of this god also promotes civilization, law and peace. Nothing better than wine to remind you to celebrate being alive, right? Dionysus is, therefore, giving joy and making sorrow vanish. Dionysus is the true natural power of nature, which wakes people from their day-to-day living and makes them live in the moment. He has an effeminate way about him and is sometimes called Bacchus even by Greeks.
While his father was Zeus, his mother was the mortal woman Semele. Here I’ll help you with an overview of the most important and powerful Greek gods, so you can impress your friends & family the next time the topic comes up!Ĭommonly known as the (demi-)god of wine, vegetation and ecstasy – that's religious ecstasy we’re talking about here – my, what were YOU thinking again? In pictures he is often shown lying on a daybed, eating grapes or drinking a glass of wine. Greek mythology is all the hype lately, but it’s really hard to keep track of all the gods with all those myths and famous stories around them, isn’t it?
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