In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state religion – called the di consentes – paralleled the gods of Greek mythology. Although they kept Latin names and images ...

Every city in Greece had a 'patron' god or goddess. People believed patron gods protected them from harm. A Greek coin showing Pegasus and the goddess, Athena. The Greeks thought the gods lived ...

We meet Homer, famous writer of Ancient Greece, who introduces us to the Olympians - twelve of the most important gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece - and also Ancient Greek beliefs about the ...

Some were even perfumed, in an attempt to transform them into the lifelike embodiments of gods ... the goddess of the hunt, ...

Like Apollo, Artemis was a goddess of the hunt ... The devotion of the average Greek or Roman centered on gods of lesser rank, gods who had once been mortal and who, therefore, understood the ...

One of the fundamental beliefs of the Ancient Greeks was that their beloved gods were immortal, but were they? How did they die?

Roman writer Cicero referenced ... such as a statue of the Greek goddess Artemis. However, according to information published on the "Gods in Color" website, "Unsuitable research methods and ...