Those of the great gods on the Greek island of Samothrace took place at night, with flickering torch fire pointing the way for initiates. Guarded on pain of death, the rituals remain mysterious to ...

Nyx is the is the Ancient Greek goddess of the night.  Unlike her sister, Eos, the goddess of the Dawn, Nyx is a mysterious ...

Ambrosia and nectar were the food and drink of the gods symbolizing the divine nature and immortality of the Olympians.

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 ...

Although they kept Latin names and images, the links between Roman and Greek gods gradually ... In Egypt, Isis was a goddess of fertility; she was also a mother and a symbol of death and rebirth.