Greek Gods Eating Habits
Greek gods eating habits were similar to that of the Greeks themselves. The Greeks worshiped the Greek gods and would sacrifice part of their meals to the gods and goddesses. It depended on which god they were worshiping at the time as to what they offered them. To some, they sacrificed some of their meat or animals, to others they sacrificed some of their vegetables, fruits, or grains. And to others it might be water. The Greek people believed that the gods actually ate and drank their offerings.
There were some of the Greek gods who had ravenous appetites and ate a lot. If this was the case it was believed that a whole sheep or year old calf had to be sacrificed. It is not known how often this sacrifice had to be made. There were some poor farmers so it is not known how they managed to sacrifice a while calf os sheep when necessary.
The Greeks invented the Greek gods and goddesses as they believed they existed. They named them to fit their task, such as the ruler of the sky, etc. The Greek gods and goddesses names were often translated into the Roman language and the Romans also worshiped many of the same gods and goddesses that the Greeks did. It is also written that the Greek gods and goddesses are again being worshiped today, after all of this time.
The Greek believed that in the beginning there was only one god named Chaos. Chaos was just a dark abyss with no sound, motionless, formless, and no living thing there. Chaos then gave birth to Uranus (the sky, or Ouranus) and Gaea (the Earth, Ge, Gaia, or Mother Earth), and Eros (Desire), and Nyx (the embodiment of night), and Erebus (dark silence). Erebus and Eros united and gave birth to Aether (the Atmosphere), and Hemera (the Day). Uranus and Gaea married and they gave birth to the original 12 Titans, The 3 Cyclopes, and the 3 Hecatonchires. The three Cyclopes were giants with one eye in the middle of their foreheads. The three Hecatonchires names were, Cottus, Briareus, and Gyges. They were giants with 100 arms and 50 heads each. The 12 Titans all paired off except for Lapetus, who married a nymph named Clymene, and Themis who was loved by her nephew, Zeus. The others were, Coeus and Phoebe, Crius and Mnemosyne, Cronus married Rhea, Hyperion married Theia, and Oceanus married Tethys. These gods went on to give birth to other gods and goddesses known as the Olympians. Many of the gods and goddesses lived on Mount Olympus and others lived elsewhere. Some of the gods and goddesses lived in the Underworld. Some of these were Hades and Perophone
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