Olympian Gods

The **Olympian Gods and Goddesses** are the rulers of the world of Ancient Greece in *Hercules*. They are divine immortals who control the forces of nature. They are related to the older Titans, their ancestors, and chief enemies. There are now twelve major gods who rule over the country, the Olympians, all of whom are under the absolute rule of Zeus, king of the gods. They reside high above on Mount Olympus where they discuss affairs related to the mortal world or matters regarding monsters or disorders in nature.

## Appearance

All Olympian gods and goddesses are human in appearance but far greater in height and stature; though they can manifest themselves to the heights of typical humans for interactions sake. They possess a glowing aura of divinity emitting from their body; also, they possess a wide range of skin and hair color.

## Powers and Abilities

The Olympians Gods and Goddesses are incredibly powerful beings that possess abilities such as: nigh-omnipotence, immortality, superhuman strength, shape-shifting, teleportation, and omnipresence. The gods also possess energy-based abilities, such as magical powers and energy projection. They can grant powers to non-godly thing, since some are capable of life-giving to objects or giving supernatural powers tothose who don't possess it with ease. However, unlike in myth, their superhuman physical capabilities seem more restricted.

Some gods have abilities related to their specific domain. For instance, Poseidon has control over water, and Apollo having control over the sun.

Though they are mighty, the gods do have weaknesses. Magic can harm them; also, they can't break through magic chains.

* **Immortality:** Most if not all gods possesses the ability to live forever without fear of eaging or dying.
* **Superhuman Strength:** All gods possess some level Super Strength or Enhanced Strength which are far superior of a human

**Note:** All Olympians have some potential to manipulate magical or cosmic energies for some purpose. These powers are mostly limited to:

* **Metamorphosis**: the ability to change their appearance or shape, ugly.
* **Teleportation:** The ability to instantly move across great distances.

**Note:** However, a small minority of the Olympians is capable of Energy Manipulation: manipulating vast amounts of energy for a variety of purposes, including...

* Physical augmentation of their physical capabilities,
* Firing powerful blasts energy for destructive purposes, which can be energy based

## Olympian Gods and Goddesses

This list consists of gods who only have any significant role in the animated series.

* **Apollo**: God of the Sun, music, prophecy and twin brother of Artemis.
* **Ares**: God of war, brother of Athena, and founder of Sparta.
* **Artemis**: Goddess of the Moon, hunting and wildlife, twin sister of Apollo.
* **Athena**: Goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, warfare, sister of Ares and founder of Athens.
* **Aphrodite**: Goddess of love, fertility, beauty and desire.
* **Dionysus**: God of wine and celebrations.
* **Demeter**: Goddess of the earth, harvest, fruits, flowers, mother to Persephone and elder sister to Zeus, Poseidon and Hades.
* **Hades**: God of the underworld and brother of Zeus.
* **Hephaestus**: God of the fire, forge and fiancee of Aphrodite.
* **Hera**: Queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage, childbirth and womanhood.
* **Hermes**: God of travelers, thieves and messenger of the gods.
* **Hestia**: Goddess of the hearth and family.
* **Poseidon**: God of the seas, brother of Zeus and husband of Amphitrite.
* **Zeus**: King of the Greek gods, and god of sky, justice and lightning.

### Minor Gods and Goddesses

* Persephone: Goddess of earth, spring and nature and the wife of Hades.
* **Amphitrite**: Goddess of the sea and wife of Poseidon.
* **Boreas**: God of winds.
* **Cupid**: God of passion whose duty is to make others fall in love.
* **Fates**: The immortals with the power of prophecy, who weave the tapestry of fate and history of gods and mortals.
* **Iris**: Goddess of the rainbow. She never physically appeared in the series but was mentioned in a song in *Hercules and the Kids*.
* **Morpheus**: God of sleep.
* **Muses**: Goddesses of the arts and pro-claimers of heroes.
* **Nike**: Goddess of victory. She never appeared in the series but mentioned in *Hercules and the Poseidon's Cup Adventure*.
* **Phantasos**: God of nightmares, brother of Morpheus.
* **Trivia**: God of trivia.
* **Triton**: God and messenger of the sea and son of Poseidon.
* **Circe**: The goddess of magic.
* **Narcissus**: God of vanity.

### Demigods and Demigoddesses

* **Hecate**: Demigoddess of witchcraft.
* **Nemesis**: Demigoddess of vengeance.
* **Fear and Terror**: Sons of Ares.
* **Otus**: Aquatic demigod and son of Poseidon.
* **Hercules**: Son of Zeus. Main hero in *Hercules* and the series.
* **Megara**: Princess of the gods.
* **Charon**: Ferryman of the Underworld.

## Role in Sora’s Adventures

They appeared in Sora's Adventures at Olympus Coliseum