People believed patron gods protected them from harm. A Greek coin showing Pegasus and ... They offered these gifts as sacrifices. One of the 12 legendary tasks of Heracles was to defeat the ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The Greek gods are still very much present in modern consciousness. Although Apollo and Dionysos, Artemis and Aphrodite, Zeus and Hermes ...

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 ...

Greek gods posed formidable threats to Kratos in the God of War franchise. Gaia, Cronos, Thanatos, Athena, Hades, Poseidon, ...