View Roman Mythology Gods And Goddesses Names And Powers Images. When you click on an entry (provided it is a link), you can find out more about that god or goddess. The earliest gods and goddesses are more spirits than anything else, rulers of small domains and households.
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Gods and some heroes in roman mythology often appear in greek mythology with different names, sometimes a name of a roman/italian deity that largely corresponded to a particular greek deity, sometimes with a variation of the greek name as adapted into latin. After the iliad, aphrodite herself was sometimes referred to as dionaea and even dione.the roman goddess diana has a similar etymology and was worshipped in a vaguely similar way but is not. Aphrodite is one of several greek goddesses, and is often referred to by her roman name, venus. He reigned supreme in the universe but it was prophesied that one of his children would overthrow him from the throne.