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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], they were [[Greek god|Greek gods]] who included [[Zeus]] along with his [[sibling]]s and [[children]] and include: [[Poseidon]], [[Hades]], [[Hestia]], [[Demeter]], [[Hera]], [[Athena]], [[Apollo]], [[Artemis]], [[Ares]], [[Hephaistos]], [[Aphrodite]], [[Hermes]], and [[Dionysos]]. In one [[accounting]], they numbered twelve with the omission of Hades (identified with the [[underworld]]) and Hestia (goddess of the [[hearth]]). Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], they were [[Greek god|Greek gods]] who included [[Zeus]] along with his [[sibling]]s and [[children]] and include: [[Poseidon]], [[Hades]], [[Hestia]], [[Demeter]], [[Hera]], [[Athena]], [[Apollo]], [[Artemis]], [[Ares]], [[Hephaistos]], [[Aphrodite]], [[Hermes]], and [[Dionysos]]. In one [[accounting]], they numbered twelve with the omission of Hades (identified with the [[underworld]]) and Hestia (goddess of the [[hearth]]).

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Olympians [r]: From Greek mythology, they were Greek gods who included Zeus along with his siblings and children and include: Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hephaistos, Aphrodite, Hermes, and Dionysos. In one accounting, they numbered twelve with the omission of Hades (identified with the underworld) and Hestia (goddess of the hearth).