is Persephone a greek goddess?
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Persephone \n \n \n (prsĕf´nē) or Proserpine  (prōsûr´pnē) , in Greek and Roman religion and mythology, goddess of fertility and queen of the underworld. She was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
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Love and Beauty. Aphrodite is the greek name for venus
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A Greek God...damn you are FINE!!  :)
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I researched this question for you:\n\nThis is quite possible, although the 'Classic Greek Heros', were normally of the male variety. Remember she was once a Priestess of Aphrodite that had it all taken away from her, after being caught haveing intimate relationships in the temple.\n\nWho can say if she even had any control over the way she vented her fury once she became a Gorgon.\n\nI hope this helps.
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One of the basic themes in ancient greek tragedy is that the life threads of human beings are controlled by the gods.\nHecabe ~ Antigone: importance of burial; centrality of family relationships\nAntigone: personal/family relationships (Polyneices as brother) cross with social/political relationships (Polyneices as enemy of city). \nWomen as victims - Antigone, Polyxena, Hecabe (though n.b. context of male/male violence)\nMale antagonists - Creon, Polymestor\nMale victims of female violence: Polymestor, Heracles - in the latter case, the female is a goddess. \nfriendship vs enmity, loyalty vs betrayal in Heracles-Philoctetes, Greeks-Philoctetes\nethics\nlove\nloss\npride\nabuse of power
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Cyprus is the legendary birthplace of the goddess of beauty, love, sex and passion, the beautiful Aphrodite. According to Hesiod's Theogony, the goddess, who was also known as Kypris or the Cyprian, emerged fully grown from the sea where the severed genitals of the god Uranus were cast by his son, Kronos, causing the sea to foam (Greek: Aphros). The legendary site of Aphrodite's birth from the foam is at 'Petra tou Romiou' ('Aphrodite's Rock'), a large stack in the sea close to the coastal cliffs near Paphos. Throughout ancient history, Cyprus was a flourishing centre for the cultic worship of Aphrodite.\n\nCyprus (Greek: Κύπρος, Kýpros; Turkish: Kıbrıs) is a Eurasian island in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea south of the Anatolian peninsula (Asia Minor) or modern-day Turkey. The third largest island in the Mediterranean, it is currently divided into four main portions: the southern Republic of Cyprus (the predominantly Greek island nation-state), the unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the United Nations-controlled Green Line separating the two, and two British Sovereign Base Areas.
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The personification of the rainbow, Iris was the sister of the Harpies and one of the Olympian messengers. In her divine form she appeared clothed in a long tunic, her hair was held by a bandeau (hair clip) and she carried a caduceus. Golden wings were attached to her shoulders and, like Hermes, she was often depicted wearing winged sandles.\n\nAlthough she mainly served Zeus, Iris was devoted to Hera; in addition to carrying her messages, also effected the goddess's vengence. She was obviously a caring sort of deity for the myths tell us of how she welcomed the other gods on their return to Olympus, unharnessed the steeds from their chariots and brought them nectar and ambrosia. The fact that she is shown in such a benevolent light conveys the message, that life's storms are often followed by a rainbow, from which illumination we may receive solace, good news and hope.\n\nIt should also be noted that Iris represents the telepathic contact between Olympus and the other realms, including that of mankind. Her message, as far as the inspiring Hero is concerned, is that as long as a close mental link with the gods is maintained, all initiatory storms end in a silver lining. The rainbow, therefore, constitutes a strong and encouraging link between the finite and the infinite and speaks for the occult part to be played by Iris.\n\nThere is also a storey of Iris being a goddess of compassion, where she went against the will of Hera in the punnishment of another goddess. Thus allowing the birth of Apollo and Artemis.
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How about Themis as Goddess of Order?\nOr maybe ya should just look into Saints. \nSt. Expiditius is cool.
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The tradition of Witchcraft I practice (NROOGD) use the Greek and Celtic pantheon of deities.  However for our rituals we invoke the triple goddes, and the dual aspect god.  The Main dieties being from the legend of Hades and Persephone.  We perform the Eleusinian Mysteries every year.  Here are two good websites for more info. The Hermetical library is a great source of information on many different pagan paths.  If you have adobe acrobat reader you can download the texts for free.  If you don't have the reader they have a link so you can download that program also.
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In Greek mythology, Eros was the primordial god responsible for lust, love, and sex; he was also worshipped as a fertility deity. His name is the root of words such as erotic. His Roman equivalent was Cupid, "desire", also known as Amor, "love". He was often associated with Aphrodite. Like Dionysus, he was sometimes referred to as Eleutherios, "the liberator".\n\nAccording to tradition, Eros was principally the patron of male love, while Aphrodite ruled mens' love of women. Thus his statue could be found in the palaestras, one of the principal venues for men to associate with their beloveds, and it was to him that the Spartans sacrificed before battle. Meleager records this role in a poem preserved in the Greek Anthology: "The Cyprian queen, a woman, hurls the fire that maddens men for females; but Erôs himself sways the love of males for males\nThroughout Greek thought, there appear to be two sides to the conception of Eros; in the first, he is a primeval deity who embodies not only the force of erotic love but also the creative urge of ever-flowing nature, the first-born Light that is responsible for the coming into being and ordering of all things in the cosmos. In Hesiod's Theogony, the most famous Greek creation myth, Eros sprang forth from the primordial Chaos together with Gaia, the Earth, and Tartarus, the underworld; according to Aristophanes' play The Birds, he burgeons forth from an egg laid by Night conceived with Darkness. In the Eleusinian Mysteries, he was worshipped as Protogonus, the first-born.\n\nAlternately, later in antiquity, Eros was the son of Aphrodite and either Ares or Hephaestus, or of Porus and Penia, or sometimes of Iris and Zephyrus; this Eros was an attendant to Aphrodite, harnessing the primordial force of love and directing it into mortals, an apt role for the issue of a union between "Love" and either "War" or "Fire." In some myths, he is portrayed as being playful, frequently causing trouble for gods and mortals; in others, he is mindful of the power he wields, sometimes refusing the entreaties of his mother and other gods to interfere in the course of some mortals' lives. In some versions he had brothers named Anteros, the embodiment of unrequited love, and Himerus.\n\nIn art, Eros was usually depicted as a nude winged boy or infant (although this is associated more with Cupid from Roman religion; to the Greeks he was a young man or a teenager), with his bow and arrows in hand. He had two kinds of arrows: one was golden with dove feathers that caused instant love; the other was lead with owl feathers that caused indifference. The poet Sappho described him as "bittersweet" and "cruel" to his victims; he was also unscrupulous, mischievous and charismatic. In his ancient identification with Protogones and Phanes he was adorned represented as a bull, a serpent, a lion, and with the heads of a ram. He is occasionally shown blind or blindfolded.\n\nWorship of Eros was uncommon in early Greece, but eventually became widespread. He was fervently worshipped by a fertility cult in Thespiae, and played an important role in the Eleusinian Mysteries. In Athens, he shared a very popular cult with Aphrodite, and the fourth day of every month was sacred to him.\n\n[edit]\nMyths associated with Eros\nEros, angry at Apollo for making fun of his archery skills, caused him to fall in love with the nymph Daphne, daughter of Ladon, who had scorned him. Daphne prayed to the river god Peneus to help her and was changed into a laurel tree, which became sacred to Apollo.\n\nThe story of Cupid and Psyche has a longstanding tradition as a folktale of the ancient Greco-Roman world long before it was put to print; first seen Apuleius' Latin novel, The Golden Ass, this is apparent and an interesting intermingling of character roles. The novel itself is picture-esque Roman style, yet Psyche and Aphrodite retain their
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the greeks because cupid was the god of love
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In Greek mythology, Nike (Greek Νίκη, pronounced /'nike/ "NEE-keh", meaning "Victory") , was a goddess who personified triumph and victory. She was capable of running and flying at great speeds and the sister of Cratos, Bia, and Zelus. Nike and her siblings were all companions of Zeus.
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Perithous wanted Persephone for himself.  So because of the bond of freindship that Theseus pledged to him, he went to help him.  The two got trapped by Hades, god of the Underworld who had no intention of letting his wife, Persephone, go.  Theseus was rescued by Heracles, but Perithous was left to eternal torment in the Underworld for his brashness.\n\nFrom what I've read, winter is caused by Demeter's sorrow over the loss of her daughter Persephone, who was kidnapped and taken to the underworld and held against her will by Hades. (Hades is also known as Pluto)  The gods came to an agreement where Persephone can return to Demeter nine months of the year, but had to go back to the underworld for 3 months of the year.
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I've always liked Athena of Greek mythology or Diana of Roman (same god) She's just cool. She's a virgin and never wanted to marry. In one story she caught a hunter watching her bath in a  river. She turned him into a deer and watched as his own hunting dogs tore him apart and ate him. She just had some of the coolest stories
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Do you mean "Artemis"? She is the ancient Greek goddess of the moon, hunting, wild animals, women and children, childbirth, chastity and youth. When the Romans adopted her as their own goddess, they renamed her "Dian" or "Diana". Is that what you mean by a "synonym"? She is also sometimes known as "Phoebe".\n\nCheck out the link below...
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Most of the 'myth' we have of Antigone is from Sophocles' play by the same name.  In fact, it seems that perhaps Sophocles invented her and her name.  She does not appear in any other Greek literature before him.\n\nFor a synopsis of her story see the Perseus link below.\n\nFor a very detailed discussion of her and her myth (as well as any others, consult T. Gantz, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources (usually 2 vols, but 1 vol available).\n\n\nThomas Talboy, PhD, Director\nUbiquity International, LLC\nExperience. Explore. Embrace the World.(TM)\nhttp://www.ubiquityinternational.com
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Athena (Greek: Ἀθηνᾶ, Athēnâ, or Ἀθήνη, Athénē; Doric: Ἀσάνα, Asána), in ancient Greek mythology, was the goddess of wisdom, weaving, crafts, and war. Athena's wisdom encompasses the technical knowledge employed in weaving, metal-working, and war, but also includes the cunning intelligence (metis) of such trickster figures as Odysseus.\n\nShe is attended by an owl, wears a goatskin breastplate called the Aegis given to her by her father, Zeus, and is accompanied by the goddess of victory, Nike. She is often shown helmeted and with a shield bearing the Gorgon Medusa's head, a votive gift of Perseus. Athena is an armed warrior goddess, never a child, always a virgin (parthenos); she never had a consort or lover, although once Hephaestus tried and failed. Athena appears in Greek mythology as a helper of many heroes, including Heracles, Jason, and Odysseus.\n\nIn her role as a protector of the city, Athena was worshipped throughout the Greek world as Athena Polias ("Athena of the city"). She had a special relationship with Athens, as is shown by the etymological connection of the names of the goddess and the city.[1] The Parthenon, on the Acropolis of Athens is her most famous temple.\n\nIn Roman mythology, she was known as Minerva, which originated from her association with the Etruscan goddess Menerva. Quite apart from Minerva, the Romans knew her as Athena as well