The Olympians
Marvel, Olympus
- First published 1941
The Olympians are a humanoid race of extradimensional beings that hail from Olympus, a small pocket-dimension adjacent to Earth. An interdimensional nexus between Olympus and Earth can be reached via Mount Olympus in Greece. They are also known as the Gods of Olympus who have been worshiped by humans of Ancient Greece and throughout the Roman Empire from about 2000 BC to 500 AD. The worship of the gods fell with the rise of Christianity.
Members
- Hermes — joined 1942
- Aphrodite — joined 1948
- Apollo — joined 1948
- Dionysus — joined 1949
- Zeus — joined 1949
- Hercules — joined 1965
- Neptune — joined 1965
- Poseidon — joined 1965
- Ares — joined 1966
- Artemis — joined 1966
- Hephaestus — joined 1966
- Hippolyta — joined 1966
- Pluto — joined 1966
- Demeter — joined 1968
- Athena — joined 1969
- Hebe — joined 1970
- Hestia — joined 1980
- Atlas — joined 1985
- Hera