Polytheism In Greek Mythology

Have you heard of Zeus and Jupiter? Maybe Hera and Juno? Well these are some of the many Greek gods and their Roman Opposites. In the religion of polytheism they share is called polytheism it is a belief in many gods instead of one god. It was told that the gods of the Greeks and Roman people were given a personality and a motive so, that they could be the cause of the things that happened in the human's everyday life. This religion had 12 Main Gods that were worshiped and loved by most humans.(Not including Hades and Pluto as the gods worshiped) The religions of the romans and the greeks had similar beliefs, yet immeasurable differences.
One difference between Apodite and Venus were there symbols that defined them. For example Aphrodite’s symbols are the “Dolphin, Rose, Scallop Shell, Myrtle, Dove, Sparrow, Girdle, Mirror, and Swan”(Greek Gods and Goddesses) While, “Venus was associated with two flowers, the rose and myrtle.” (Roman Gods and Goddess: Venus Facts) While you might see that they have similar flower’s Aphrodite has more symbols for her than venus does. These two ladies are very different in this way. To add on to the previous paragraph, not only are their symbol’s different but their love lives are different. According to Aphrodite Facts “Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus, but Aphrodite did not
An example would be who they fought for in the war, and the reasoning behind it. Both goddes were fighting in their time of who was the prettiest of all, and they were all asking the side of Paris's king because his city was to be known as the city of love. Both had promised him the treasure of loving whomever he pleased, and he accepted. “Venus made sure her bribe was the best. She promised Paris that Helen, Queen of Sparta, would fall in love with him.” and “Paris took the deal. Venus kept her promise.”(Roman Goddess: Venus Greek name: Aphrodite) This is how they are