How many god and goddesses lived on Mount Olympus?
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As documented in the sources, Homer's writings, and Hesiod's Theogony (7th-8th century BC), the twelve Olympians gained their supremacy on Earth after Zeus, along with his brothers Poseidon and Hades , and his children (who complete the rest of the pantheon), achieve victory in the war against the Titans.
As with other aspects and elements of mythology, the number and identity of the gods who inhabited Mount Olympus (the so-called "Council of the Gods") is imprecise according to tradition. Its number was twelve, this being a very likely original listing:
- Zeus
- Hera
- Poseidon
- Aphrodite
- Ares
- Athena
- Hermes
- Apollo
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- Hephaestus
- Demeter
- Hestia
Explicación:
Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, and Artemis are always considered Olympian gods. Hestia, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Persephone, Hebe, Asclepius, Eros, Pan and Heracles, after being divinized, are the variable gods that made up the dozen. Hestia was one of the twelve Olympians for a long time, although she ended up giving up her place to Dionysus. Persephone spent a third of the year in the underworld (thus causing winter) and was allowed to return to Olympus for the remaining eight months so that she could be with her mother, Demeter. And although Hades (Roman mythology: Pluto) was always one of the main Greek gods, his dwelling in the underworld of the dead made his relationship with the Olympians more delicate. For this reason, it is generally not included in this list. He did not have a seat in the pantheon as he spent most of his time in the underworld, in which he was king.