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Comparing the Gods
A long time ago in Athens, Greece people made up stories to explain the tribulations of life. These stories consisted of gods, heroes, and warriors. Years later the Greeks were conquered by the Romans. The new rulers were pleased with these stories so the Romans adopted them. They took the myths back to Italy, where the myths were well liked, except for one thing. The names were all Greek sounding. The Romans changed all the names in the myth to better fit there lifestyle.
| Roman god | Greek god | What they do | |
| 1 | Jupiter | Zeus | Head god/keeper of gate |
| 2 | Mars | Ares | God of war |
| 3 | Juno | Hera | Protect-punishes men / mother god |
| 4 | Venus | Aphrodite | Goddess of love |
| 6 | Mars | Demirter | Goddess of agriculture |
| 7 | Diana | Artemis | Goddess of hunting |
| 8 | Saturn | Bacchus | God of wine |
| 9 | Minerva | Athena | Warrior goddess |
| 10 | Mercury | Hermes | Messenger/medicine god |
| 11 | Pluto | Hades | God of the underworld/wealth |
| 12 | Neptune | Poseidon | God of the sea |
| 13 | Vesta | Hestia | Goddess of hearth and home |
| 14 | Vulcan | Hephaestus | God of fire |
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