She was the goddess of wisdom and war ... In a passage in the Iliad, Ares speaks with Zeus after Athena aided the Greek soldier Diomedes to wound him. He complains to Zeus, saying: A common ...

The statue, now known as the Halsted Athena, portrays the goddess wearing a warrior’s helmet, her hand extended outward as if ...

When it comes to Greek mythology, myth and legend, fairy tales and fantasy, can be just as informative as historical facts.

The Greek Olympian gods were a wild ... The great democratic reformer of Athens, Cleisthenes, had coins minted; the goddess Athena was on one side, and on the reverse was Aphrodite as Aphrodite ...

The story of Icarus is one of those legends of Greek mythology that fascinates audiences because of Icarus' desire to go beyond human boundaries.

Greek gods and goddesses have been among ... and the son of Zeus. Portraits of Athena, the goddess of war, and Pluto, the god of the underworld, have also been popular this summer, he says.

People believed patron gods protected them from harm. 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.