So now, we have the major older gods, the olympians, minor gods, divine beings, and demigods. When the Romans took over Greeks territory, they combined their culture with the Greeks. In other terms, giving most of the Greek gods a roman form, making things way more complicated. Some of these names you might recognize from the planets. All the planets except for earth have a Greek name. Mercury is Hermes. Venus is Aphrodite, goddess of love in her roman form. Mars is Ares, the god of war in his roman form. Jupiter - Zeus. They left some gods alone like Nike, the goddess of speed, strength, and victory. They also let Apollo alone. Many other gods got roman forms like Athena, the god of wisdom whose roman form is Minerva. As you can see, the roman