Dionysus was one of the twelve Olympian deities the ancient Greeks believed ruled over the cosmos. He was the patron god of wine and merriment, credited with the discovery of the grapevine. He was ...

The ancient Greeks had an all-purpose explanation, as I’ve been learning from my Greek myth-mad 7-year ... So if we’re gods, we’re blind gods, but so wrapped up in hubris that we believe ...

The book has been hailed as a feminist retelling of Medusa’s myth, however, for me, she remained a victim without any agency – a mere pawn of the selfish, cruel and egotistical gods. Even her tragic ...

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 ...