Stand for the Twelve Gods of Olympus, dodecatheo, STAND 33x126x36cm Veronese Bronze Electrolysis statues, ancient Greece

Decorative stand

Depicting an ancient Greek ruin with columns, to place the twelve Gods of Olympus. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the twelve Olympians are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly considered to be Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus. They were called Olympians because, according to tradition, they resided on Mount Olympus. Although Hades was a major ancient Greek god and was the brother of the first generation of Olympians (Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia), his realm was the underworld, far from Olympus, and thus he was not usually considered to be one of the Olympians. The Olympians were a race of deities, of immortal beings, worshipped as the principal gods of the Greek pantheon. The Olympian gods gained their supremacy by defeating the Titans in the ten-year-long, Titanomachy. There were many other residents of Olympus, who thus might be considered to be Olympians, such as Heracles, Hebe, Themis, the children of Styx: Zelus (Envy), Nike (Victory), Kratos (Strength), and Bia (Force), the Muses, the Graces, Iris, Dione, Eileithyia, the Horae, and Ganymede.

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