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 ...

A retelling of the Ancient Greek creation myth - about Gaia ... She fell in love with the God of the stars and planets - Ouranos. Ouranos and Gaia ruled as king and queen of the universe.

In antiquity, Greek and Roman mythology heavily influenced the naming of celestial bodies. Jupiter, the chief Roman deity, and Mars, the god of war, lent their names to planets that reflected ...