For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of classical beauty. But these sculptures, now frozen in monochrome, looked dramatically ...

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 ...

Pataky kept with the fashion event's theme for her beauty ... Hemsworth may play the God of Thunder, but his wife certainly channeled a Greek goddess with her whole ensemble.

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 ...

Spirits watched over people, families and households, and the paterfamilias was in charge of the household worship that honored them. Romans also had a set of public gods, such as Jupiter and Mars.