People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
... Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
... Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
... Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
... Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
...Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
... Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
... Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
... Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway. - Mother Theresa
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Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Ancient Greek and Roman Gods
As the Roman Empire expanded, it assimilated elements of the cultures it conquered. In religion this process has been called interpretatio Romana, or the Roman understanding. When Roman and Greek culture mixed after the Romans conquered ancient Greece in the 3rd century bc, ancient Roman gods and goddesses became associated with those of the Greek civilization. The table lists some of the main gods and goddesses and the roles they played in both Greek and Roman mythology.
Greek
Name
|
Roman
Name
|
Role
in Mythology
|
Aphrodite
|
Venus
|
Goddess of beauty and sexual desire (Roman mythology: Goddess
of gardens and fields)
|
Apollo
|
Apollo
|
God of prophecy, medicine, and archery (late Greek/Roman
mythology: God of the sun)
|
Ares
|
Mars
|
God of War
|
Artemis
|
Diana
|
Goddess of the hunt (late Greek/Roman mythology: Goddess of
moon)
|
Asclepius
|
Aesculapius
|
God of medicine
|
Athena
|
Minerva
|
Goddess of arts and crafts, and war; Helper of heroes (late
Greek/Roman mythology: Goddess of wisdom)
|
Cronus
|
Saturn
|
God of the sky; Ruler of the Titans (Roman mythology: God of
agriculture)
|
Demeter
|
Ceres
|
Goddess of grain
|
Dionysus
|
Bacchus
|
God of wine and vegetation
|
Eros
|
Cupid
|
God of love
|
Gaea
|
Terra
|
Mother Earth
|
Hephaestus
|
Vulcan
|
God of fire; Blacksmith of the gods
|
Hera
|
Juno
|
Goddess of marriage and childbirth; Protector of married
women; Queen of the gods
|
Hermes
|
Mercury
|
Messenger of the gods; Protector of travelers, thieves, and
merchants
|
Hestia
|
Vesta
|
Guardian of the home
|
Hypnos
|
Somnus
|
God of sleep
|
Hades
|
Pluto
|
God of the underworld; Lord of the dead
|
Poseidon
|
Neptune
|
God of the sea and earthquakes
|
Rhea
|
Ops
|
Wife of Cronus/Saturn; Mother Goddess
|
Uranus
|
Uranus
|
God of the sky; Father of the Titans
|
Zeus
|
Jupiter
|
Ruler of the gods
|
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