The Olympian Gods

In Greek mythology there are a lot of category's that the Greeks would have. There really isn't a main category that they would look at because all mythology played a major role in Greek. There were the main gods they were referred as The Olympian Gods. It was said that the gods lived up on the mountain of Olympus. In the Olympian Gods they had the main three which was Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. These three gods were brothers and divided up the land for each of them. Zeus got the air, Poseidon got water, and Hades got the underworld. Other than the main three gods there was also Hestia, Hera, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hermes, Artemis, and Hephaestus. Those were the Olympian Gods.

Also below the Olympian Gods, Greeks believed in the other gods. I really don't know how the Greeks classified the category between the Olympian Gods and the other gods. I think they differ because the other gods were like the off-spring of the Olympian Gods. That is how I think they separated them. But under this category there was Demeter, Persephone, Dionysus, Pan, The Muses, The Fates, and others. The Greeks also have Hero's. Hero's is when one of the Olympian Gods have off-spring with mortals. The most famous and well known hero was Heracles he was the son of Zeus. He was well known for his incredible strength. He was the only hero to have gained to honor to become a god after he died. But other hero's were Perseus, Theseus, Achilles, Odysseus, and others.