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 ...

The mystery rites were intensely emotional and staged like elaborate theater. Those of the great gods on the Greek island of Samothrace took place at night, with flickering torch fire pointing the ...

The Olympic Opening Ceremony's controversy has renewed interest in divine dinners, during which sitting down for food is more than a meal.

Over the centuries, the movement of large numbers of people meant that gods from a variety of cultures, including Etruscan and Greek, merged together. As a result, Roman gods were a blend of ...

Go inside rehearsals for Ken Ludwig’s The Gods of Comedy. Aurora Theatre is bringing the legendary playwright’s latest farce to the stage. Watch the video now!

The Greek god was thought to hold the power to die and ... Over the next 250 years, it was a hotbed of scientific activity, with researchers uncovering several intact buildings and even wall ...