Athena was the daughter of Zeus and Metis and one of the twelve Olympian deities the Greeks believed ruled over the cosmos.

The king of the gods in the ancient Greek pantheon had a notorious reputation for sleeping around, so it should come as no ...

With their eyes fixed on the sky, the ancient Greeks formed constellations through noticing shapes in the stars.

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.