does anyone know around when the greek gods were around? (e.g 1500 AD..)?
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Hesiod wrote about gods and goddesses in 8th century BC
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If I'm not mistaken the parthenon was built to honor Athena the goddess of war. It was later used as a Christian Church
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can't recall but about 600-700 years old.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Ancient_Egyptian_Gods\n\nhttp://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Ancient+Egyptian+Gods&btnG=Search+Images\n\nThis one you might like better\nhttp://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/explore/main.html
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Hi there,\n\nYou must be interested in archaeology. Since there is way too much to say about your topic, here is a link for information on Ancient Greek pottery. \n\nhttp://www.hellenic-art.com/pottery/potteryinfo.htm\n\nGoogle more info on it, go to libraries, museums ect...
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this site has some info  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_astronomy
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Try these:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology\n\nhttp://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/\n\nhttp://www.greekmythology.com/\n\nhttp://www.mythweb.com/\n\nhttp://webhome.idirect.com/~donlong/
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Time to reread the chapters in your text that cover this item.  You may have to get in touch with the Greek community to get specifics but I guess from the question that you are in Canada and will recognize the differences once you know about Greece.\n\nI apologize if it's the other way around.
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Zeus was God of Gods, i think
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A Greek God...damn you are FINE!!  :)
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:) Isn't it great to see how much Christianity is Pagan?\n\nDon't forget the Holy Water (Water), Candles (Fire), Incense (Air), and Eucharist (Earth) used at Catholic Masses. Oh, lookie there, all the Alchemical Elements that have always been used by Pagans!\n\nAlso, the entire Rainbow means God's keeping a promise... Hera had a Winged Goddess go across the sky with a bowl and dump out the contents -- a rainbow -- whenever the Gods kept a promise with the people.\n\nDon't forget Osiris, who came back from the dead.\n\nHell was named after Hel, the Norse Goddess of the Underworld.\n\nSatan was created based on how Pan was supposed to look.\n\nJesus was "born" on December 25th... around the time of Yule/Saturnalia, thus making it easier for Pagans to convert. However, based on Astrology, they said Jesus would be an Aries, meaning he was born sometime in April... around the middle.\n\n"Easter". Funny, spelt just like Ester, the Goddess whom is celebrated on Ostara, about March 23rd. Which is about when EASTER is celebrated.\n\n:3 Heehee. Silly Christians. Your stories are for Pagans!\n\nNote: Paganism first came about in 10000 BCE, and Zoroastrianism (first monotheistic religion) came about in 5000 BCE.\n\nTo davlynark: Your Jehovah wasn't even around at that time. Pick up a history book. You learn about the people from the Ice Age. They were Pagan. You keep learning about Pagans, too, for such a long time. Think for a change, won't you?\n\n- 16 yo Pagan
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Sadly. I am not an expert in this area. The events of 56 B.C. are listed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56_BC
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The Romans basically took their gods from the Greeks, by way of the Etruscans.  The names are different but the stories are pretty similar.
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It depends what you mean. If you mean when did people start to worship a God or Goddess, then evidence of early pagan religions have been found in cave paintings! So a long long long time ago\n\nEDIT: Just thought if you mean when did organised religion start, I know that Egyptian civilization can be traced back as far as 5000 bc ish, I think that when the very early form of their religion came into being. Not sure if theres any that are older.
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About 15,000 years ago.
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In Greece...I think...when the first Olympics occured
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This is completely unknowable.\nI believe that Norse Gods numbered about a dozen, Egyption were more than a dozen, Greek were considerably more than a dozen.  Hindu has over a thousand documented Gods.  Depending on the sect, Buddhism has one, several, or no Gods.\n\nThe Hebrew, Christian, Mormon, and Muslim Gods can be reliably counted as one since all these religions sprouted from eachother.\n\nI would have to say a rough estimate of 1500 to 2000, but an actual number is completely unknowable when you consider the number of either long dead or alive but undocumented religions.