One of the twelve Olympians who resided in Mount Olympus, the ancient Greek goddess Hera had an important role to play in Greek mythology. Her …
The Greek Goddesses
Vengeful, beautiful, and above all powerful, these are the major goddesses from ancient Greece.
The goddess Aphrodite, one of the 12 Greek Olympian gods, was born from the ocean waves. Her name is derived from the ancient Greek word aphros, which …
Goddess Athena, daughter of Zeus, was the Greek goddess of crafts, wisdom, and warfare. Inscriptions about the goddess were found in Linear B …
Women in Greece were oppressed, there’s no doubt about it. But what most people don’t realize is, that so too, were the Goddesses. Ironically, …
Hestia is best known as the Greek goddess of the hearth. But she also holds providence over many domains, as the protector of the home and the state. …
Artemis was the oldest twin born to Zeus and Leto. The ancients believed that as soon as she was born, she assisted her mother in bringing her …
Ever wondered whom you should thank for the invention of cereal? Well, for the ancient Greeks, that would be Demeter. As the goddess of grain and …