Delphi oracle – Predicting the future
Temple of Apollo at Delphi How old was the shrine at Delphi? Delphi (DELL-fee), in central Greece, seems to have been a sacred shrine even before the Greeks arrived in [...]
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Who is Athena? Ancient Greek gods
Birth of Athena Who are Athena's parents? Athena is one of the younger Greek goddesses; she is Zeus's daughter. Her mother was Metis (Wisdom). More about Zeus More Greek gods [...]
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Who is Artemis? Ancient Greek gods
Artemis is the goddess of the moon. Greek goddess Artemis The Greek god Apollo had a twin sister named Artemis, who was also the daughter of Zeus and the nymph [...]
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Who is Ares? Greek gods
The god Ares, on an Athenian black figure vase from about 570 BC What is Ares the god of? Ares is the ancient Greek god of war , and so [...]
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07, 2017
Apollo – Greek mythology
The god Apollo was a sun god Apollo's family ties Apollo is a younger god, the son of Zeus and the nymph Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis. Apollo's [...]
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Who is Aphrodite? Greek goddess
Birth of the goddess Aphrodite (from Pompeii, about 50 AD) The goddess of love Aphrodite (a-fro-DIE-tee) was the Greek goddess of love. So naturally she was always falling in love [...]
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Athena in Homer’s Odyssey
Athena in the Odyssey: Odysseus and Athena, on a red-figure vase Athena in the Odyssey In the Iliad and the Odyssey, Athena was on the side of the Greeks, because [...]
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Who is the Norse god Tyr?
Tyr in Viking work from Sweden, 700s AD Tyr (or Tiw) was the German form of the Indo-European sky god Dyeus Piter. He was the same god as the Greek [...]
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06, 2017
Who was the Norse god Thor?
Viking Bronze, from Iceland, 1000 AD Thor was the German god of strength, and the god of thunder and lightning (like Jupiter or Zeus). These three gods of the Greeks, [...]
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06, 2017
Who was the Norse god Odin?
Viking stone, 600s AD, from Gotland, Sweden. Odin is riding his horse, Sleipnir. Sometime before 300 AD, people started to think of Odin (or Wotan) as the chief of the [...]
