Top 10 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Greece home of olives democracy the Olympics and a really awesome set of deities fabulous party you know I haven't seen this much love in a room since narcissists discovered himself welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top ten Greek gods for this list we've chosen our entries based on a combination of a deities power popularity and position in the Greek pantheon number 10 Artemis goddess of the hunt the twin sister of Apollo Artemis let her brother pluck the strings of the lyre she was far more interested in plucking the strings of the bow in addition to being goddess of the hunt she was also a goddess of fertility and childbirth a neat trick for someone known as a virgin goddess Artemis was happiest away from Olympus when she could run around the forest hunting with her virgin nymphs works for us number nine Hermes god of thieves and travelers the messenger of the gods Hermes was quite a trickster as a baby he enraged his big brother Apollo by sneakily stealing all his cattle fortunately Hermes created the lyre for Apollo which smooth things over later Hermes took the job of accompanying dead souls to the underworld he was known for his distinctive style usually sporting a winged cap and carrying a caduceus you know that stick with the wings and snakes wrapped around it number eight Aphrodite goddess of love born out of the foam of the sea Aphrodite was to put it bluntly a haughty so hot that Zeus quickly married her off to his son Hephaestus to keep the rest of the gods from fighting over her but this goddess of love much preferred her brother-in-law Ares the God of War must have made for some interesting family dinners number seven Ares God of War danger excites you and as you know I am somewhat dangerous it's a good thing Aphrodite liked Ares somebody had to that's the important thing with his mean streak and warlike disposition the other Olympians tended to find him a little hard to handle he usually hung out with some of the less sociable gods like the gods of fear and terror and the goddess of discord proving that love is stronger than war the child of Ares and Aphrodite is Harmonia the goddess of harmony number six Apollo god of music and light the handsomest of the gods Apollo kept his hand in everything in addition to music and light he's also associated with prophecy medicine plague poetry and a lot more busy guy the Greeks held the Pythian games every four years in Apollo's honor these eventually became what we know as the Olympics so if you want your country to bring home the gold a little sacrifice to Apollo may be in order number five Hera goddess of marriage the queen of the Olympian gods Hera was the goddess of marriage but that didn't stop her husband Zeus from cheating on her every time she turned her back Hera was vindictive and mercilessly punished the women Zeus dallied with and their kids too but she was revered by the Greeks who honored her prominence in Olympus and her importance as a symbol of the family you think it weak of me metal not we almost who number for Hades god of the underworld the ruler of the Dead Hades is not one of your life of the party gods are things in the underworld well they're just fine a little dark little gloomy and as always hay full of dead people what are you gonna do hey if you spent most of your time in a dark sunless brown with moaning Souls company you'd brood too still there were some cool things about being Hades he had all the gold and silver he wanted and this awesome helmet of invisibility take that Harry Potter whoa is my hair out number three Athena goddess of wisdom like Aphrodite Athena had an unusual birth when Zeus complained of a fierce headache Hephaestus split his head open with an axe and out popped Athena goddess of wisdom now that's how to make an entrance Athena was the patroness of the city of Athens to which she gave a most precious gift the olive tree Requa zine would have been much poorer without her number two Poseidon god of the sea much like the sea over which he was the god Poseidon was one moody character one day he's happily creating little islands in a smooth as glass sea the next day it's all hurricanes and earthquakes Poseidon was one dude you did not want to have as your enemy after all it wouldn't have taken Odysseus 10 years to get back from the Trojan War if he hadn't blinded beside the Sun and then bragged about it before we unveil our top pick here are a few honorable mentions number one Zeus god of the sky Zeus the king of the gods was even more powerful than his brother Poseidon and also someone you didn't want to get in a snit he had a tendency to hurl Thunderbolts Zeus ruled over Olympus with a firm hand and loved his wife Hera but couldn't seem to keep things in his toga the number of illegitimate children he fathered is Titanic fortunately his kids treated him better than Zeus did his own father after overthrowing him Zeus had him castrated do you agree with our picks 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Length: 6min 9sec (369 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 04 2014