Clock Olympian Gods

Clock Olympian Gods.A wonderful handmade souvenir ,painted in museum patina.

Gods of Olympus

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, are the major deities of the Greek pantheon .  Commonly considered to be Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus.  They were called Olympians because, according to tradition, they resided on Mount Olympus.Although Hades was a major ancient Greek god and was the brother of the first generation of Olympians (Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia), his realm was the underworld.  Far from Olympus, and thus was not usually considered to be one of the Olympians.

GODS OF OLYMPUS

The Olympians were a race of deities, primarily consisting of a third and fourth generation of immortal beings.  Worshipped as the principal gods of the Greek pantheon and so named because of their residency atop Mount Olympus. They gained their supremacy in a ten-year-long war of gods .  In which Zeus led his siblings to victory over the previous generation of ruling gods, the Titans. They were a family of gods, the most important consisting of the first generation of Olympians, offspring of the Titans Cronus and Rhea: Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter and Hestia, along with the principal offspring of Zeus: Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hermes, and Dionysus. 

DEFINITION

The 12 gods of Mount Olympus(depicted in this clock olympian gods) were the most important deities in ancient Greece and in this collection we examine each one in detail. With their all-too-human qualities, the Olympian gods were capable of displaying great kindness and dishing out terrible punishments. They argued amongst themselves, had love affairs, and protected their favourite mortals down on earth but each had a more serious role to play in the Greek view of the world and so they represented important ideals and features of the human condition such as justice, loyalty, wisdom, beautiful music and the changing of the seasons