Apollo is one of the most important gods in Greek mythology. A son of Zeus and one of the 12 Olympians, Apollo was the god of ...

Zeus and his brothers and sisters settled on Mount Olympus where they became rulers of the universe, known as the Olympians ... depictions of violence from Greek mythology. We advise watching ...

Nike was the Greek goddess of victory and an attendant of Zeus. While not among the 12 Olympian gods, she is described as a ...

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

We meet Homer, famous writer of Ancient Greece, who introduces us to the Olympians - twelve of the most important gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece - and also Ancient Greek beliefs about the ...

In Greek mythology, Aether was a god of light and the god of the Upper Sky. He had an especially prominent role in Orphic mythology.

Greek mythology often reads like a soap opera for deities. One moment Zeus condemns a traitor to have his liver pecked apart by vultures for eternity, the next he disguises himself as a swan so he can ...

Depicted on a tetradrachm, the Olympian Dionysus was the god of wine, an important part of the revelry at Greek feasts. Photograph by Bridgeman/ACI The Greek historian Xenophon recounts in his ...

The team thinks the statue depicts the Olympian deity Hermes, considered the herald of the gods. Excavators came ... in southwestern Bulgaria near the Greek border. They found it during a routine ...

Located near the Acropolis and the Benaki Museum, the Temple of Olympian Zeus is a tall and ... the patriarch of all Greek gods and the ruler of Mount Olympus. While only 15 of the original ...