Are false Gods present, and were they worshipped during Classical Antiquity?

[Sero]

If anyone here has read into Roman & Greek history, you'd come to the conclusion that Romans practically copied Gods that Greeks worshipped and formed their own "version", whereas the Greeks essentially took huge inspiration from the Phoenicians. The question then becomes: Were these Gods real or not?

 

[darkmonkey666]

Yeah the Gods were real but many of the stories were allegories and concepts and not literal events. I don't think any of the Gods were fake or related to the enemy.

 

[Egon]

You have a lot of reading to do. Read all these pages and the answers too:
https://www.ancient-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=51054
https://www.ancient-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=63514
https://www.ancient-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=65498

 

[Ol argedco luciftias]

Why would anybody try to invent a fictional god?

What you are talking about is different groups of people in different times and places who are all describing the same gods. But they give them different names only because they speak different languages. But they are connecting with, being helped by, and describing the exact same gods.