Who is the nicest of the 12 Olympians?

Hestia was the final sister of Zeus, but she is often excluded from the official pantheon of twelve Olympians. Hestia was the most gentle of all the goddesses and protected the home and the hearth. According to the myths, she was originally one of the twelve.

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Who is the kindest Olympian gods?

Hestia in Greek Mythology

Hestia was regarded as one of the kindest and most compassionate amongst all the Gods. Perhaps the first example of a benign God or Goddess.

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Who is the most good Olympian god?

Zeus was worshiped far and wide across the Greek world, including at festivals such as the Olympic Games. His legacy as the greatest of gods also meant that he became the favored deity of great leaders in the ancient world.

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Who is the most unpopular Olympian god?

Ares - The Greek God of War - The Most Hated God on Olympus - YouTube.

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Who is the strongest of the 12 Olympians?

1. Zeus - The King of the Gods. He was the overall ruler of Mount Olympus and the king of all the Olympian gods of Greece.

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The 12 Olympian Gods

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Who is Zeus afraid of?

Who does Zeus fear? In fact, there is one myth that shows Zeus to be afraid of the goddess Nyx. It is commonly thought that Nyx is the only goddess that Zeus is truly afraid of because she is older and more powerful than him.

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Who is Zeus's most powerful son?

1. Apollo: Zeus' Best-Known Son. Of all the sons Zeus fathered, Apollo is perhaps the best known. Apollo was conceived during an illicit affair between Zeus and Leto (Zeus was married to Hera at the time), along with a twin sister named Artemis.

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Who is the most selfish Greek god?

The character of Narcissus is the origin of the term narcissism, a fixation with oneself.

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Who is the smartest Greek god?

Like all the Olympians, Athena was an immortal goddess and could not die. She was one of the most intelligent and wisest of the Greek gods.

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Who was Ares male lover?

According to Lucian, Alectryon was said to have been 'an adolescent boy, beloved of Ares, who kept the god company at drinking parties, overindulged with him, and was his companion in lovemaking'.

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Is Hades the nicest god?

In these adaptations of the Greek god Hades, renowned God of the Dead, he often seems to be up to mischief, concocting his latest evil plan and causing mayhem for all involved. Yet, in the Greek mythological canon, Hades hardly causes any trouble at all. In fact, he is one of the most peaceful and impartial gods.

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Who is the queen of Olympian gods?

Hera, in ancient Greek religion, a daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, sister-wife of Zeus, and queen of the Olympian gods. The Romans identified her with their own Juno.

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Who can defeat Zeus?

Who are the gods that can defeat Zeus? Athena and Aphrodite can defeat Zeus.

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Who is most beautiful gods?

Abhipura (अभिरूप) - the beautiful one. Also a name for both Vishnu and Shiva.

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Who were the prettiest gods?

Aphrodite was the most beautiful of all the Goddesses. Aphrodite was the most beautiful of all the Goddesses and there are many tales of how she could encourage both Gods and humans to fall in love with her.

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Who is the most perfect Greek god?

One of the most important and complex of the Greek gods, he is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Seen as the most beautiful god and the ideal of the kouros (ephebe, or a beardless, athletic youth). Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu.

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Who is the most lazy Greek god?

In Greek mythology, Aergia (/eɪˈɜrdʒə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀεργία, 'inactivity') is the personification of sloth, idleness, indolence and laziness.

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Who does Athena fear?

Answer: As goddess of wisdom and war, and protector of Athens and heroes, Athena has little to fear. In mythology, she is immensely powerful and immortal, but in The Odyssey the story of her contest with Poseidon reveals her only fear. This is the fear of being defeated.

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Who is the most humble Greek god?

Aidos or Aedos (/ˈiːdɒs/;Greek: Αἰδώς, pronounced [ai̯dɔ̌ːs]) was the Greek goddess of shame, modesty, respect, and humility.

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Who is the most jealous Greek god?

In Greek mythology, Phthonus (/ˈθoʊnəs/; Ancient Greek: Φθόνος Phthónos), or sometimes Zelus, was the personification of jealousy and envy, most prominently in matters of romance.

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Which god fell in love with himself?

Since Narcissus denied everyone his love, the gods fated that Narcissus could never have anything that he loved. One day while Narcissus was hunting he went to get a drink. As he bent down to drink the water he fell in love with the reflection of himself.

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Who is the weakest Olympian god?

Ares is the weakest Olympian.

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Who is Zeus favorite human child?

Perhaps partly because of the strange circumstances of her birth, Athena is often cited as Zeus's favourite child. He also greatly admired her strength of character and fighting spirit.

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Who is Zeus strongest enemy?

Typhon attempted to overthrow Zeus for the supremacy of the cosmos. The two fought a cataclysmic battle, which Zeus finally won with the aid of his thunderbolts. Defeated, Typhon was cast into Tartarus, or buried underneath Mount Etna, or in later accounts, the island of Ischia.

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Who fed Zeus as a baby?

Amalthaea, in Greek (originally Cretan) mythology, the foster mother of Zeus, king of the gods. She is sometimes represented as the goat that suckled the infant god in a cave in Crete, sometimes as a nymph who fed him the milk of a goat.

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