. ▁The ▁Gree ks ▁considered ▁imm ort ality ▁as ▁the ▁distinct ive ▁characteristic ▁of ▁their ▁gods ; ▁this ▁imm ort ality , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁unf ading ▁youth , ▁was ▁ins ured ▁by ▁the ▁constant ▁use ▁of ▁ne ct ar ▁and ▁amb ros ia , ▁by ▁which ▁the ▁divine ▁blood ▁was ▁renew ed ▁in ▁their ▁ve ins . ▁ ▁Each ▁god ▁desc ends ▁from ▁his ▁or ▁her ▁own ▁gene al ogy , ▁purs ues ▁differ ing ▁interests , ▁has ▁a ▁certain ▁area ▁of ▁expert ise , ▁and ▁is ▁govern ed ▁by ▁a ▁unique ▁person ality ; ▁however , ▁these ▁descri ptions ▁arise ▁from ▁a ▁multip licity ▁of ▁arch a ic ▁local ▁variants , ▁which ▁do ▁not ▁always ▁agree ▁with ▁one ▁another . ▁When ▁these ▁gods ▁are ▁called ▁upon ▁in ▁poetry , ▁prayer ▁or ▁cult , ▁they ▁are ▁referred ▁to ▁by ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁their ▁name ▁and ▁ep ith ets , ▁that ▁identify ▁them ▁by ▁these ▁dist in ctions ▁from ▁other ▁manifest ations ▁of ▁themselves ▁( e . g ., ▁Apol lo ▁Mus ag etes ▁is ▁" A pol lo , ▁[ as ] ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Mus es "). ▁Alternatively ▁the ▁ep ith et ▁may ▁identify ▁a ▁particular ▁and ▁local ized ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁god , ▁sometimes ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁already ▁ancient ▁during ▁the ▁classical ▁epo ch ▁of ▁Greece . ▁ ▁Most ▁gods ▁were ▁associated ▁with ▁specific ▁aspects ▁of ▁life . ▁For ▁example , ▁A ph rod ite ▁was ▁the ▁god dess ▁of ▁love ▁and ▁beauty , ▁A res ▁was ▁the ▁god ▁of