Ancient Greeks saw Olympus as a divine realm of Zeus and the gods, not a mountain. Its link to Mount Olympus emerged in later ...

12. Dionysus/Hestia The final seat in Olympus has two contenders: Dionysus, God of wine and ecstasy, and Hestia, goddess of the family hearth. Dionysus, though actually a demigod with a mortal mother, ...

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

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 ...

A Greek coin showing Pegasus and the goddess, Athena. The Greeks thought the gods lived high above Mount Olympus, in a palace in the clouds. From here, they kept an eye on life below. From time to ...

As described by Homer, the gods and goddesses who ruled from Olympus possessed human traits such as lust, petulance, jealousy, and dishonesty. They also had a superhuman advantage: immortality.

They emphasize the connections between Diana's Amazonian heritage and conflicts between the gods and goddesses of Olympus, focusing on the goddesses especially. Being granted life by the gods ...

and the gods of Olympus. Two other novels have since been added to the original series, titled The Chalice of the Gods and Wrath of the Triple Goddess. These two books have been part of the Senior ...