Every city in Greece had a 'patron' god or goddess. People believed patron gods protected them from harm. A Greek coin showing Pegasus and the goddess, Athena. The Greeks thought the gods lived ...

The Greek god of war appears in the chronicles of Hercules, a demigod and son of Zeus. In the story, Ares's son Kyknos angers Apollo by causing havoc and killing pilgrims on their journey to the ...