Where and how the ancient Greeks
used to worship their gods
and what were their sacrifices.
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GREEK MYTHOLOGY EDUCATIONAL GAMES
Educational games to test your knowledge on Greek mythology and coloring pages for kids to print out and color!
THEOGONY - THE CREATION OF THE GODS IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY
 Ancient Greek mankind, on its try to explain certain metaphysical phenomena and anxieties, invented amazing fables concerning the Cosmogony (the Creation of the World) and the Theogony (the Birth of the Gods).
Thus, the ancient Greeks created their own splendid, but human-like world of gods, justifying the various abstract significances like Love, Birth or Death... [continue »]
OLYMPIAN GODS AND GODDESSES The Olympian gods were the main and strongest gods in Ancient Greek Polytheism, ruling mankind and majestically living in Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece.
Greek myths always refer to the twelve Gods of Olympus, but in total there were fourteen Olympian Gods in Ancient Greece, however ...[continue »]
FEATURED GREEK GOD
DIONYSOS
Dionysos was the merry god of the wine and the grapes, almost dangerously spreading joy and ecstasy to the Ancient Greek World...
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FLOWER MEANINGS
THE HYACINTH
Besides being a very beautiful and fragrant flower, did you know that the name of the Hyacinth dates back to Greek mythology?
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GREEK SEMI-GODS & SPIRITS
 In addition to the Olympians, there were also other deities and creatures who were usually supplementing the Olympian gods' powers but sometimes tended to get in conflict with them... [continue]
ANCIENT GREEK HEROES & MORTALS
In Greek myths and folk tales, heroes were human, but god-like characters with extraordinary abilities and famous fighters mostly arising from the Trojan War. The Greek heroes were usually worshiped by the ancient Greeks nearly as much as the gods themselves...[continue]
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