Greek mythology is full of unknown gods remaining in the shadows of the well-known Zeus, Ares, or the patroness of hunting, ...

“It was supposed to resemble a real god or goddess.” Drawing on ancient texts ... The practice of perfuming statues was ...

Samothrace, a small, rocky Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea, has a storied past that belies its diminutive size.

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It’s hard not to appreciate the glory that was ancient Greece. And for the ancient Greeks, by making the gods more human, humanity somehow became more divine. IE 11 is not supported.

Denying the gods in ancient Greece By Arlice Davenport. [email protected]. January 2, 2016 3:46 PM.

It’s a mystery why ancient Greeks worshipped their gods, because their gods were all complete dickheads. They could — and did! — steal, rape, torture, or kill pretty much anyone at any time.

Ancient Greece: Akrotiri a Bronze Age city preserved in volcanic ash ... which dates to 438 B.C. and embraces the Parthenon and other temples to the Greek gods.

What makes me a Greek polytheist today in the twenty first century, is exactly what made an ancient Greek a worshiper of the Hellenic Pantheon. Greek polytheism today has to follow an a ...