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Mount Olympus (Greek: Όλυμπος ) is the highest mountain in Greece at 2917 meters high (9570 feet). Since its base which is located at the sea level, it is one of the highest mountains in Europe in absolute altitude from foothills to the summit.
Mytikas - the mount of gods
Olympus in Ancient Times-Modern Day, 2043
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he Greeks and the Romans (who borrowed from the Greeks) both called the home of the gods "Olympus."
The main difference was how they imagined heaven. The old Greek poets (like Homer and Hesiod) pictured the gods living on an acropolis (fortified hill) filled with Greek palaces.
The Roman poets on the other hand describe the gods living at the zenith of heaven, in a palace complex like that of the Palatine Hill of Rome.
Each saw the gods as a reflection of their own society.
The Greeks and Romans thought of it as built with crystal mansions wherein the gods, such as Jupiter, dwelt. It is also known in Roman mythology that when Gaia gave birth to the Titans they used the mountains in Greece as their thrones since they were so huge, and Kronos sat on Mount Olympus itself.
In Greek mythology Mount Olympus is the home of the Twelve Olympians, the principal gods in the Roman pantheon:
First Generation Olympians
The first generation of Olympians were the six children of the Titans, Saturn/Kronos, and Ops/Rhea.
In order from oldest to youngest:
*Vesta: Goddess of the Hearth, Home, and Family.
*Ceres: Goddess of Agriculture, Harvest and Seasons.
*Juno: Goddess of Marriage and Women, Queen of Olympus.
*Pluto: God of the Dead, Wealth, and Lord of the Underworld.
*Neptune: God of the Sea, Earthquakes, and Horses; King of Atlantis.
*Jupiter: Lord of the Sky; King of the Gods; King of Olympus.
Second Generation Olympians
After the first war against the Titans, several gods assumed thrones on Olympus, mainly the children of Jupiter.
*Apollo: God of the Sun, Medicine, Music, and Prophecy; son of Jupiter and Latona.
*Venus: Goddess of Love and Beauty, daughter of Ouranos.
*Mars: God of War, son of Jupiter and Juno.
*Diana: Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt, daughter of Jupiter and Latona.
*Minerva: Goddess of Wisdom and Strategy, daughter of Jupiter and Metis.
*Bacchus: God of Wine and Madness, son of Jupiter and Stimula.
*Vulcan: God of Blacksmiths and the Forge, son of Jupiter and Juno.
*Mercury: God of Thieves and Messenger of the Gods, son of Jupiter and Maia.
Minor Olympians
After the Olympian victory in the second war against the Titans, some of the minor gods were granted positions on the divine council at Percy Jackson's request.
*Juventas: Goddess of Youth and Former Cupbearer of the Gods, daughter of Jupiter and Juno.
*Trivia: Goddess of Magic and Witchcraft, daughter of Persaeus and Delos.
*Hypnos: God of Sleep, son of Nox.
*Arcus: Goddess of the Rainbow and Messenger of Olympus, daughter of Thaumas and Electra.
*Invidia: Goddess of Retribution and Balance, daughter of Erebus and Nox.
*Victoria: Goddess of Victory and Divine Charioteer, daughter of Pallas and Styx.
*Fortuna: Goddess of Luck and Fortune, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.
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Although they are technically Olympians, Pluto did not hold a throne on Olympus before the conclusion of the Second Titan War and Vesta renounced her throne when Bacchus was made a god to avoid a conflict among the council. To give amnesty and recognition to them, thrones were granted to several among the minor gods. Each of the Olympian councilors are represented by a temple at Camp Jupiter and New Rome.
Major Olympians
Greek Name/Roman Name Description
Aphrodite/Venus Goddess of Love and Beauty
Apollo/Apollo God of Music, Prophecy, Medicine, and the Sun
Ares/Mars God of War
Artemis/Diana Goddess of the Hunt and Moon
Athena/Minerva Goddess of Wisdom, Crafts, and Strategy
Demeter/Ceres Goddess of Agriculture and Seasons
Dionysus/Bacchus God of Wine and Ecstasy
Hades/Pluto God of the Underworld and Wealth
Hephaestus/Vulcan God of the Forge, Blacksmiths, and Fire
Hera/Juno Goddess of Marriage and Women
Hermes/Mercury Messenger of the Gods, God of Travel and Thieves
Hestia Vesta Goddess of the Hearth, Home, and Family
Poseidon/Neptune God of the Sea and Earthquakes
Zeus/Jupiter God of the Sky and King of Olympus
Minor Olympians
Greek Name/Roman Name Description
Hebe/Juventas Goddess of Youth and Former Cupbearer of the Gods
Hecate/Trivia Goddess of Magic and Crossroads
Hypnos/Somnus God of Sleep
Iris/Arcus Messenger of Olympus and Goddess of Rainbows
Nemesis/Invidia Goddess of Retribution and Balance
Nike/Victoria Goddess of Victory and Divine Charioteer
Tyche/Fortuna Goddess of Luck and Fortune
The Roman gods are the more disciplined, militaristic, and warlike version of their Greek counterparts.
Though belonging to the same race of the Greek gods, the Roman gods as numerous differences of their original counterparts due to the more formal and serious vision that the Romans had from them. Due to being seen as more mysterious and dedicated to their roles than the Greek gods, they do not visit their demigod offspring nor mortals very often, nor have many children with mortals, unlike that of their Greek forms. The Roman version of the Greek gods are also more skilled in the ways of combat, and seem to care more about honor than personal code, matching with the Roman culture. Some Roman gods do not even have a Greek aspect, being born within the Roman religion. However, even the original gods can have distinct behaviors on their Roman form. This is evident in The Lost Hero, where Clovis mentions that if he had to meet Juno, he would prefer her as Hera rather than Juno, and also that Somnus (Hypnos roman form), killed those who sleep during their work, unlike his Greek form who is extremely lazy.
Clovis explained that the reason of such different behavior is because the gods' Roman counterparts are more disciplined and warlike, and therefore stricter than their Greek aspects. He also went on to claim that some gods behavior can be so different in their Roman form that, rather than being a distinct aspect, they may became a distinct personality of such gods. This is evident on Mars, who is a dedicated strategist and dislikes unnecessary bloodshed, in stark contrast to Ares, his true Greek form, whom loves the idea of combat and violence. Also, as shown in The Son of Neptune some Greek gods become less respected when transitioned to Roman. In the case of Poseidon becoming Neptune, the Romans tended to fear the sea and so Neptune was less respected. Also shown, some gods become more respected such as Mars who is respected to the point where only Jupiter is considered above him. As a result of this transition between aspects, the Gods domain change or some become more dominant as the case of Neptune being more focused on horses rather than the Sea (as Poseidon) and Pluto being more focused on riches rather than the underworld (as Hades).
However as revealed in The Mark of Athena there are some Gods/Goddesses that have so few different changes between Greek and Roman even they don't consider themselves changed. For example Nemesis and Aphrodite/Venus state because Revenge and Love are universal they don't change between the different aspects. Heracles/Hercules mentioned as well that he didn't feel changed very much between his Greek and Roman aspects although most people refer to him by Roman aspect "Hercules".
Olympian Gods:
Apollo (Greek Form: Apollo)
Bacchus (Greek Form: Dionysus)
Ceres (Greek Form: Demeter)
Diana (Greek Form: Artemis)
Juno (Greek Form: Hera)
Jupiter or Jove (Greek Form: Zeus)
Mars (Greek Form: Ares)
Mercury (Greek Form: Hermes)
Minerva (Greek Form: Athena)
Neptune (Greek Form: Poseidon)
Pluto (Greek Form: Hades)
Venus (Greek Form: Aphrodite)
Vesta (Greek Form: Hestia)
Vulcan (Greek Form: Hephaestus)
Minor Gods:
Aeolus (Greek Form: Aeolus)
Aquilon (Greek Form: Boreas)
Arcus (Greek Form: Iris)
Aesculapius (Greek Form: Asclepius)
Auster (Greek Form: Notus)
Bellona (Greek Form: None)
Cupid (Greek Form: Eros)
Discordia (Greek Form: Eris)
Faunus (Greek Form: Pan)
Favonius (Greek Form: Zephyrus)
Fortuna (Greek Form: Tyche)
Hercules (Greek Form: Heracles)
Invidia (Greek Form: Nemesis )
Janus (Greek Form: None)
Juventas (Greek Form: Hebe)
Lupa (Greek Form: None)
Letus (Greek Form: Thanatos)
Metus/Terror (Greek Form: Deimos)
Pomona (Greek Form: None)
Portunus (Greek Form: Palaemon)
Proserpina (Greek Form: Persephone)
Salacia (Greek Form: Amphitrite)
Somnia (Greek Form: Morpheus)
Somnus (Greek Form: Hypnos)
Spes (Greek Form: Elpis)
Terminus (Greek Form: None)
Timor/Fear (Greek form: Phobos)
Trivia (Greek Form: Hecate)
Victoria (Greek Form: Nike)
Titans:
Aurora (Greek Form: Eos)
Coeus (Greek Form: Koios)
Crius (Greek Form: Krios)
Hyperion (Greek Form: Hyperion)
Luna (Greek Form: Selene)
Ocean (Greek Form: Oceanus)
Ops (Greek form: Rhea)
Saturn (Greek Form: Kronos)
Sol (Greek Form: Helios)
Protogenoi:
Nox (Greek Form: Nyx)
Erebus (Greek Form: Erebos)
Tartarus (Greek Form: Tartarus)
Terra (Greek Form: Gaea)
Caelus (Greek Form: Ouranos/Uranus)
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The opposite to the Olympian gods were the Chthonic gods which were sacrificed differently to. Instead of Olympian sacrifices, (where the chosen sacrificed object was burnt and so the smoke produced rose up to the gods) Chthonic gods were celebrated by letting the blood of an animal sink down into the ground.
It is said that the gods are strongest during the Summer and Winter Solstice. This is because on these days the gods all gather together on these days, with Hades only gathering on the Winter Solstice to help fend off evil forces.
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The six most powerful Greek gods and goddesses were Ceres, Pluto, Juno, Vesta, Neptune, and Jupiter, perhaps because they were the sons and daughters of the two rulers of the Titans: Kronos/Saturn and Rhea/Ops.
Fearing his children would overthrow him in the same way he had done to his father, Kronos devoured his first two sons and his three daughters after they where born. Vesta first, then Ceres, Pluto, Neptune and Juno. He would have devoured Jupiter as well, but Rhea, unable to bear the pain of losing another child and seeing her husband now for the monster he was, entered into an alliance with Gaea, smuggled her son away to safety, and gave her husband a rock instead to devour.
After years in hiding, Jupiter was finally old enough and strong enough to overthrow his father. He returned to his father's palace to free his siblings who, being immortals, remained alive and undigested within their father. According to some accounts, Jupiter freed his family by smuggling a potion into his father's meal, forcing him to vomit his children.
Having freed his siblings, as well as the Hekatonkheires and the Cyclopes whom Kronos had re-imprisoned in Tartarus, Jupiter led a rebellion against the Titans. In gratitude, the Cyclopes forged the Big Three's symbols of power: the Master Bolt, the Trident, and the Helm of Darkness, while the sheer strength of the Hekatonkheires proved to be a great advantage against the Titan army.
The final blow was delivered when Jupiter, using his father's own scythe, cut Kronos into a thousand pieces and dropped them in Tartarus where he would never rise again. This marked the end of the Titan age and started the Olympian age.
The Olympians have been challenged many times for their control of the world, but they have always managed to stabilize their rule, often with the help of their children, the demigods. This is exemplified when the Giants rebelled against the gods, and Hercules, the son of Jupiter, helped them vanquish the Giants.
Jupiter married his sister Juno, and subsequent children ― Mars, Vulcan, Juventas/Hebe, Discordia, Lucina/Eileithyia, and Bellona/Enyo ― followed. From affairs the other gods and goddesses were created. However, Venus was born when Ouranos' genitals touched the sea. Thus she is more powerful and the oldest of the gods, and an actual embodiment of love.
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The danger posed when looking at gods in their divine form can be observed in The Lost Hero, when Hera unleashes her divine form, which was strong enough to kill all the monsters in her vicinity. However, Jason Grace looks at Hera's divine form for only a second before supposedly dying. Piper utilizes her ability to charmspeak by calling out to Jason's soul to return to his body and managing to bring Jason back to life, something Hera said was impossible though the reason for this could have been that Death was chained at the time.
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Despite their primal powers and divine authority, gods are bound by certain laws. Some of these rules are laid down by Zeus and others are just in the nature of being a god. Only a few of these rules have been explored.
No god can directly steal the symbol of power of another. This applies to both the Titans and Olympians. As mortals and demigods are free from this rule, this is the reason why Zeus knew a hero or mortal had stolen his Master Bolt.
No god can enter the domain of another unless invited by the lord/lady of said domain (unless their domain overlaps). The only known gods to freely travel the worlds are Hermes and Iris, both of which are the messenger deities. Hecate, in some cases, is said to be honored and allowed to freely travel in all of the three major domains for her help in the First Titan War.
It is stated by Chiron that immortals can only fight demigods after being challenged or attacked first (however, the Titans have been shown to ignore this rule). It is likely though, that this rule is not compulsory.
Gods are limited to how much they can interfere in mortal affairs. This rule is a decree of Zeus. It also depends on how much Zeus enforces it or knows about it. Some gods have violated this rule without incurring any punishment, such as Apollo in The Titan's Curse, or Hera in The Battle of the Labyrinth.
The Big Three were banned from having children after World War II as any one of their children would be responsible for the Great Prophecy. Zeus broke it by siring Thalia Grace, and Poseidon followed suit by having Percy Jackson. Hades was the only god of the Big Three to keep true to his oath and not sire any more children, as his two youngest children, Bianca and Nico di Angelo were already born before the oath was made. This rule was dissolved at the end of The Last Olympian at Percy's request for he had fulfilled the prophecy.
Weaknesses
The gods do possess some weaknesses, physical or otherwise. They can be injured by supernatural weapons such as those made from Celestial bronze, Stygian iron, and Imperial Gold. If a god's domain is attacked, he/she may weaken, age, and take the form to represent their current state of said domain. Gods can also fade from existence should they lose the will to live — either from a lack of worship or the diminishing of their domain (such gods are Helios, Selene and Pan respectively). However, since the Titans were able to survive despite a lack of worship or the loss of their domains, and based on statements from various monsters, the (major) key is the will to live.
A god can survive lack of worship or loss of their domain so long as their will to live is strong enough. Otherwise, they will fade. If their thrones (or other sources of power) are destroyed, they will also fade along with it or become so weakened that they can no longer take a physical form, as stated in The Last Olympian by Prometheus.
Gods are, in general lustful — with the exceptions of the maiden godesses and most wives such as Hera and Amphitrite — and often have many illegitimate children, both immortal and demigod. Most gods also tend to be petty or immature. Because the gods have been around so long, they feel little reason to change (except to adapt to their current home), often resulting in broken promises.
In addition, the gods can be very prideful of the things they do or the choices they make. They are often too proud to admit when they need help or when they have committed mistakes, instead believing themselves to be beyond help from regular mortals and demigods. Gods believe that they should be feared and respected. They see admitting they need help as a sign of weakness instead. Furthermore, the gods will show signs of contempt towards the children of their enemies, sometimes even if those children are the offspring of other gods. It is these traits that often cause many beings to hate the gods and the reason why the gods are occasionally viewed as being no better than the Titans.
If a god or goddess is trapped (in a magical prison etc), his or her power is useless. Some examples of this are the situations of Hera and Artemis in The Lost Hero and The Titan's Curse, respectively.
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Grandma Zhang mentions Chinese gods and dragons in The Son of Neptune, and Cherokee myths and divine beings have been mentioned in The Lost Hero. It is unknown if both are just myths, another pantheon of gods like the Egyptian Pantheon or the same Olympian gods only in a different form.
In The Son of Neptune, after Percy take a ride with a Inuit Indian (who also tells Inuit myths and gods), Percy starts to believe that other gods beyond Greeks-Romans might exist, but given that his life is already quite complicated, he prefers to not think much about it.
Other mythical beings are not yet confirmed to exist except for the Egyptian, Roman, and Greek Pantheons.
It is still a mystery if there are other forms that the gods have adopted due to the transfer of the flame of civilization. They may have taken other names and other mythical forms or they might have simply adopted mortal forms where the flame was strongest.
It is unknown apart from the stories of Greek mythology if the gods had any other children with other gods. This might be possible, but those gods may have far smaller roles than the minor gods. These beings have been named "godlings" in the series. This term may also apply to demigods. Godlings appear briefly in the series, and they only appear in Olympus.
Gods do not have DNA.
The metaphysical concept of a monotheistic God was briefly mentioned in The Lightning Thief.
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*Minerva (Roman): In her Roman aspect Minerva is a complete virgin no brain-babies or anything. As much as the greeks and romans have compromised they refuse to accept Minerva as having any form of children.
*Athena (Greek): In her Greek form she is still a Maiden Goddess. May not be a virgin still, but a maiden none-the-less. She is able to connect ehr mind with that of mortals so her children will sprout form her head as she did her father's, Zeus.
*Artemis (Greek): To be with a man is to be a sin in the eyes of Artemis. She is a huntress who defines a masculine form of a woman. She will never face the horrifying description of love with any man. She is a virgin as far as mythology knows and she will never betray her immortal oath on the River Styx to remain a maiden. Such a vow is taken by her hunters as well.
*Diana (Roman): Diana does not have huntresses like her Greek form, Artemis. She is a maiden huntress and should any man defile a woman who has taken her oath both woman and man shall perish an eternal torture.
*Vesta (Roman): Vesta is so taken by her oath to be a virgin goddess that she will turn down any suitor and she holds followers who have also taken her oath and will remain virgins for twenty years after vowing to tend to her flame in her temple for that period of time. Her followers, The Vestal Virgins, are not only women, however. Any woman or man who offers their virginity in her name shall do so at the age of 16 and will remain as such for twenty years sometimes even longer, should they be discovered to have broken this vow the sentence was once death, but is now enslavement.
*Hestia (Greek): Hestia's virginity goes as far as Athena's. Like Athena having brain babies and remaining a maiden goddess Hestia has hearth children. those born of the aspect of Hestia and the one who cares for the home before himself and personifies Hestia in a mortal aspect.
*Hera (Greek): A devoted wife who will never betray her husband Zeus. As much as Zeus cheats on Hera, she remains a devoted wife and will never face mortals as lovers so much as enemies. As goddess of marriage she holds true to her power.
*Juno (Roman: A far more dangerous wife to be cheated on than her Greek aspect, Hera. Juno may not be nearly as jealous as Hera, but she has a way to be cold and take her rage out on mortals. She will remain a devoted and rather psychotic wife of Jupiter's.
They are different in the ways that Hera is often jealous of Zeus’s various girlfriends, and she spends most of her life putting curses on them, when Juno is often shown a kind and a graceful mother of Rome.
*Amphitrite (Greek): A devoted wife to a whore of a husband, Poseidon. She only bares children to Poseidon and will never dare go near to even thinking about mortal men as lovers. She is very racist when it comes to god's and mortals. Feeling that every race should mate with their own. Immortals with immortals and mortals with their kind even demigods with demigods.
*Salacia (Roman): Not nearly as devoted as her Greek counterpart. Salacia loves the company of men. While temperamental Neptune tends to push away the love of his life. Salacia is just as beautiful as her counterpart Amphitrite, but she leans more to how Venus and aphrodite act rather than her more devoted aspect.
*Psyche (Roman/Greek): A devoted wife and goddess of the soul to the god Eros/Cupid of desire and the loving mother of the goddess of pleasure and enjoyment, Hedone/Voluptas. In both unchanging aspects Psyche is a loving and devoted wife to the manwhore, Cupid/Eros.
Remaining under the government control of two Praetors and the Senate. Filled with it's cohorts the legion of New Rome is said to be the mightiest army the world would ever have to face should it be made known.
As inactive as the gods were before in the lives of Roman demigods they are far more active now.
Most of you are probably lost on how we got to where we are in a matter of ten years, but it isn't hard to figure out.
Gaea was defeated and put back to silent rest, or so it is being said as that when we all know what really happened to her, and eventually the gods saw fit that their territory should no longer move with Western Civilization, but instead should influence the world as a whole.
This also helped out keeping the Camp Half-blood where it can protect true Olympus and put the Romans somewhere close in case of need and a bit far from any conflict with one another, in keeping peace between the two, sure we eventually became allies, but one can only take so much of the other. However, a Greek Resort Hotel for the Greek Demigods was built in New Rome when their friends from Camp Half-blood come to visit.
Moving to the Apennines was a great idea with the gods holding power everywhere now it only seemed more right. With the Minor God's assisting us in the complete construction of things it didn't take too long before a completely new camp and new city was given rise.
The campers here are from all sorts of different nationalities and English is offered along with Latin classes so we can all try to understand one another a bit easier.
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