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[[file:Greek - Procession of Twelve Gods and Goddesses - Walters 2340.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Fragment of a [[Hellenistic]] [[relief sculpture|relief]] (1st century BC{{endash}}1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right, Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff), Artemis (bow and quiver), Apollo (lyre), from the [[Walters Art Museum]].<ref>[[Walters Art Museum]], [http://art.thewalters.org/detail/38764 accession number 23.40].</ref>]]
In [[ancient Greek religion]] and [[Greek mythology|mythology]], the '''twelve Olympians''' are the major deities of the [[Greek mythology|Greek]] [[Pantheon (gods)|pantheon]], commonly considered to be [[Zeus]], [[Hera]], [[Poseidon]], [[Demeter]], [[Athena]], [[Apollo]], [[Artemis]], [[Ares]], [[Aphrodite]], [[Hephaestus]], [[Hermes]], and either [[Hestia]] or [[Dionysus]].<ref>Hansen, [https://books.google.com/books?id=a-NmaO-kM2UC&pg=PA250 p. 250]; Burkert, pp. 125 ff.; Dowden, [https://books.google.com/books?id=yOQtHNJJU9UC&pg=PA43 p. 43]; Chadwick, [https://books.google.com/books?id=RMj7M_tGaNMC&pg=PA85 p. 85]; Müller, [https://books.google.com/books?id=qoIOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA419 pp. 419 ff.]; Pache, [https://books.google.com/books?id=lNV6-HsUppsC&pg=RA2-PA308 pp. 308 ff.]; Thomas, [https://books.google.com/books?id=9CUxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT35 p. 12]; Shapiro, [https://books.google.com/books?id=7q1LDrb9btkC&pg=PT362 p. 362]; Long, [https://books.google.com/books?id=3dUUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA140 pp. 140–141]; Morford, p. 113; Hard [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA80 p. 80].</ref> They were called 'Olympians' because they were considered to reside on [[Mount Olympus]].
Although [[Hades]] was a major ancient Greek god, and was the brother of the first generation of Olympians (Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia), he resided in the [[Greek underworld|underworld]], far from Olympus, and thus was not usually considered to be one of the Olympians.
Besides the twelve Olympians, there were many other cultic groupings of twelve gods.
==Olympians==
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