Who are they - the ancient goddesses of Greece?

The names of the ancient goddesses of Greece are known, probably, to everyone. To know them, it is not necessary to read myths. They are already on hearing. But who are the ancient goddesses of Greece? What power they were endowed with and what was given to people?

Gera

This goddess is considered the wife and sister of the main god Zeus. She is known as the patroness of marriage and personifies matrimonial fidelity. The ancient goddesses of Greece are described differently in myths. Hera is depicted as the guardian of morality. She punishes her offenders. Particularly much goes to her rivals and even their children. In ancient Greece, Hera attributed such features as vanity and lust for power. It was they who made her brutally kill women who put their own and even someone else's beauty above her own.

Demeter

Like other ancient goddesses of Greece, Demeter was responsible for a certain industry. The Greeks very much revered her, for she sent down a good harvest. Demeter was considered the goddess of fertility. As a rule, it was depicted in a wreath of poppies or ears and in a long dress. Another option was the ears or poppy heads in one hand, and the torch or sickle in the other. The face of Demeter was sad. This is due to her periodic separation from her daughter Persephone, who was forced to descend to her husband in the underworld.

Aphrodite

Even if the ancient goddesses of Greece of any person have little to say about Aphrodite, at least the edge of the ear heard, probably, everything. According to the myths, she was the daughter of Uranus and was born in a sea foam near Cyprus, because of what she was called Kiprida. Aphrodite was the deity of the productive force of nature. However, in later times she was considered the daughter of Dion and Zeus and was the goddess of beauty, the embodiment of earthly love. However, in Ancient Greece between these deities did not make a difference. In myths, Aphrodite is also called the daughter of Zeus, and a child-born. Since she was the goddess of beauty and love, she was portrayed as slightly covered or completely naked. All the goddesses of Ancient Greece had their unique attributes . Pictures with them can be seen in this publication. The main attribute of the images of Aphrodite was nudity.

Athena Pallada

This goddess was Zeus' favorite daughter. Athena is an ancient Mycenaean deity. She was born from the head of the main god Olympus. According to myths, the goddess of reason Metida was pregnant with Zeus. According to the predictions, the child had to surpass his father by force.

Zeus made sure that Metis diminished in size, and swallowed it. However, the fetus did not die, but continued its development in the head of the main god Olympus. Prometheus (Hephaestus, according to other sources) at the request of Zeus, cut his head, from which Athena came out in full military gear. She controlled many spheres of life and the phenomena of nature. Athena commanded heavenly elements, was a healer, a fertility deity. According to legends, it was she who taught people how to tame horses and build houses.

Artemis

This goddess is the sister of Apollo. She patronized the forests and their inhabitants, springs, wet glades, helped with childbirth, when the baby went out from night to day. Artemis was considered the bearer of dew, the patroness of hunters and the personification of the moon, replacing the older moon goddess Selena. As a deity of the hunt, she is portrayed with a doe at her feet and in a short dress. As the moon goddess Artemis had a long dress and a torch in her hand.