CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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Athena
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Zeus
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Demeter
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Neptune
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Detailed explanation-1: -Neptune was the Roman god of waters and seas, who controlled winds and storms. Also known as Neptunus Equester, he was recognized as a god of horses and horsemanship, as well as patron of horse racing, a popular form of entertainment for the ancient Romans.
Detailed explanation-2: -Neptune was the Roman god of water and the sea, and was very similar to the Ancient Greek god Poseidon. He had two brothers: Jupiter, the god of the sky and chief of the Roman gods, and Pluto, the Roman god of the dead.
Detailed explanation-3: -They didn’t have gods or goddesses of thermonuclear weapons, civil aviation, internal combustion engines or Turing machines.
Detailed explanation-4: -Neptune, Latin Neptunus, in Roman religion, originally the god of fresh water; by 399 bce he was identified with the Greek Poseidon and thus became a deity of the sea. His female counterpart, Salacia, was perhaps originally a goddess of leaping springwater, subsequently equated with the Greek Amphitrite.