Long before the gods of Olympus or Rome, ancient Indo-European speakers likely worshiped a sky father known as Dyeus Pater. This reconstructed deity left linguistic traces across Sanskrit, Greek ...

These are manifestations of pagan culture and are echoed through most civilisations – Indian mythology has Indra and Varuna, Norse mythology has Thor, and Roman mythology has Jupiter. However, Greek ...

Venus is essentially the Roman version of Aphrodite, Jupiter is their equivalent of Zeus, and there are tons of other examples. ... MISCONCEPTION #5: ZEUS WAS AN OMNIPOTENT GOD.

Even if you're a Greek mythology newbie and you've never acquainted yourself with the likes of Athena, Aphrodite, or Hercules, you've likely heard of at least one major player on Mount Olympus: Zeus, ...

Jupiter was named by the Romans, after one of their gods (the equivalent of the Greek god, Zeus). Jupiter’s moons hold a special place in the history of astronomy, because they were the first ...

They are named Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, after figures in Greek mythology associated with the god Zeus. ("Jupiter" is the ancient Roman name for Zeus.) ...