Transcript ROMAN GODS

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.
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