Roman Gods

[Roderick]

gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/roman/index.htm

Jupiter - King of the Gods
Juno - Queen of the Gods
Neptune - God of the Sea
Pluto - God of Death
Apollo - God of the Sun
Diana - Goddess of the Moon
Mars - God of War
Venus - Goddess of Love
Cupid - God of Love
Mercury - Messenger of the Gods
Minerva - Goddess of Wisdom
Ceres - The Earth Goddess
Proserpine - Goddess of the Underworld
Vulcan - The Smith God
Bacchus - God of Wine
Saturn - God of Time
Vesta - Goddess of the Home
Janus - God of Doors
Uranus - Father of Saturn
Maia - Goddess of Growth
Flora - Goddess of Flowers (see Maia)
Plutus - God of Wealth (see Pluto)

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Monsters
Cerberus - Watchdog of the Underworld
(see Pluto)
Gorgon - Snake-haired, turns you to stone
(see Minerva)

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[Roderick]

English/ Saxon/ Title of God/ Roman /French
Monday/ Mona /The Moon /Moon /Lundi
Tuesday/ Tiu/ God of War/ Mars /Mardi
Wednesday/ Woden /The Cunning God /Mercury /Mercredi
Thursday/ Thor/ Thunder God/ Jove /Jeudi
Friday/ Freyja /Goddess of Love/ Venus/ Vendredi
Saturday/ ---/ God of Time/ Saturn/ Samedi
Sunday /Sunne/ The Sun /Sun /Dimanche

The Romans had eight days in their week, with a market day instead of a weekend, so they didn't use these names. But why do we have seven days in a week?

The Roman months were the same as ours.

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[mace]

The Romans had eight days in their week, with a market day instead of a weekend, so they didn't use these names. But why do we have seven days in a week?

Because we are stupid...?..

[Roderick]

..depends whether they were work days or holidays mace

[ra]

Player hello today and the subject of Roman gods and to add to the list;

hephaestus: god of fire


faunus: like pan half man and half goat


victoria:goddess of victory and was devoutly followed by the soldiers of Roman army


the Romans adopted the Greek gods and renamed them

Did you watch warrior princess? Zena our very own NZ actor ( Lucy Lawless ) and it was ------ who died and he played Ares(greek) the god of war


cool post and gets the grey cells working and a sneak look though those old books

[Roderick]

ra...."cool post and gets the grey cells working and a sneak look though those old books "

Same here ra...i have so much to learn that i'll need a few more lifetimes...i am facinated by all things roman , egyptian , greek etc...i find it more fun to study those things at this stage of life when i am genuinely interested , and have the life experiences to put what i learn in context...If you follow my reasoning...anything you want to find , drag back here and post...go to it...that is what i want our site to be all about...US , and what we are interested in , and we all keep on learning...