Many Greek people recognized the 14 major gods and goddesses: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Apollo, Artemis,Aphrodite, Ares, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Athena, Hermes, Demeter, Hestia, Hades though philosophical religions such as Stoicism and forms of Platonism posited a transcendent single deity. Different cities worshipped different deities, sometimes with epithets that specified their local nature.
