Planets and gods


About 2,300 years ago the astronomer Aristotle gave the planets
names of Greek gods. Aristotle did his best to match the characters the gods
where supposed to have with what he knew about planets- there speed, brightness,
and colour. Later greek writing about the planets was translated into the Latin
language, so the greek planet names were changed to the names of the equivalent
Roman gods. Hermes became Mercury, Aphrodite became Venus, Ares became Mars,
Zeus became Jupiter, and Cronos became Saturn.



planets

planets

Earth

Earth

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

SATURN

Saturn was the Roman name for the Greek Cronos, god of farming and the father of Zeus/Jupiter. Some of its moons were named for Titans who were brothers and sisters of Saturn. Multicolored rings
surround saturn. Cronos (Saturn) ate his sons and daughters because he did not want anyone to take his place as a leader of gods, until his wife hid Jupiter son of Cronos from him so he would not eat him. Jupiter became a mighty warrior, and managed to banish Saturn far into the heavens, while saving his brothers and sisters. I think this is definately the most fascinating Greek mythology story. 
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