People believed patron gods protected them from harm. A Greek coin showing Pegasus and the goddess, Athena. The Greeks thought the gods lived high above Mount Olympus, in a palace in the clouds.

She was worshiped all over the Greek world ... was a childhood friend of the goddess. Recounted by Apollodorus, after her birth Athena was raised by the river god Triton, who had a daughter ...

Greek gods posed formidable ... were Olympians who were stronger than the Goddess of War, she was still superior to Ares, the ...

Many significant ancient Greek temples are found not only in Greece but also in other countries that were once part of the ...

The Erechtheion, a temple to Athena, occupies the most sacred ground ... Those of the great gods on the Greek island of Samothrace took place at night, with flickering torch fire pointing the ...