Granting roles

To grant roles to users or other roles, use:

grant role role_granted [{, role_granted}...]
     to grantee [{, grantee}...] 

where:

All roles listed in the grant statement are granted to all grantees. If you grant one role to another, it creates a role hierarchy.

For example, to grant Susan, Mary, and John the “financial_analyst” and the “payroll_specialist” roles, enter:

grant role financial_analyst, payroll_specialist
  to susan, mary, john