- The Greek Pantheon, meaning Temple of all the Gods, was where the Twelve most important Greek Gods lived.
- It was located on Mount Olympus, 100 miles (160km) west of Thessaloniki.
Description
- Plato in ‘The Phaedrus’ (Dialogue) places the twelve Gods in the Zodiac each representing a month.
- The first Greek Pantheon was inhabited by the twelve Titans, who after a ten year war were replaced by the Twelve Olympians.
The Twelve Olympian Gods
(The Roman Names for the Greek Gods are in Brackets)
- Zeus (Jupiter)
- Hera (Juno)
- Poseidon (Neptune)
- Demeter (Ceres)
- Athena (Minerva)
- Hestia (Vestia) – later Dionysus (Bacchus)
- Apollo (Apollo)
- Artemis (Diana)
- Ares (Mars)
- Aphrodite (Venus)
- Hephaestus (Vulcan)
- Hermes (Mercury)