A Greek coin showing Pegasus and the goddess, Athena. The Greeks thought the gods lived high above Mount ... They offered these gifts as sacrifices. One of the 12 legendary tasks of Heracles ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Ancient Greeks believed in supernatural causes for almost all events and attributed them to the goddess Tyche. The Romans ...

Today, artworks depicting roughly 250 different Mayan gods and goddesses ... Like Perseus from Greek legend, the two boys ...

The ancient Romans were followers of paganism, a religion with a variety of different gods and goddesses ... The Romans adopted a lot of the Greek gods into their own religion, combining them ...

So, when the National Museum of China recently unveiled a dazzling collection of ancient Greek treasures ... home a souvenir inspired by the gods and goddesses of ancient mythology.