Athena was the daughter of Zeus and Metis and one of the twelve Olympian deities the Greeks believed ruled over the cosmos.

The king of the gods in the ancient Greek pantheon had a notorious reputation for sleeping around, so it should come as no ...

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.

With every aspect of Roman life having a specific deity to call upon, it can be tricky to make sense of the ancient pantheon ...

Athena The Goddess of War 2015 launches viewers into a universe filled with Gods and Goddesses Humans and betrayals love and redemption When Zeus learns of a plan by Hades to enslave mankind and ...

Greek gods and goddesses have been among the most ... and the son of Zeus. Portraits of Athena, the goddess of war, and Pluto, the god of the underworld, have also been popular this summer ...

Achilles personifies the themes of heroism, pride and vulnerability. He was the hero of the Trojan war and entered his rage ...

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 ...