Before Zeus could rule as the king of the ancient Greek gods, he had to defeat his father and the Titans in a decade-long war ...

His belief that the gods must be good or otherwise not be gods ran contrary to almost all Greek mythology ... Timed by a water clock, the old philosopher remained as stubborn as ever.

Aquarius, the water-bearer, is associated with the story of Ganymede in Greek mythology. Ganymede was a handsome young man abducted by Zeus to serve as a cupbearer to the gods, symbolizing ...