Zeus was the ruler of the Olympian gods ... Greek world, the most important sites being at Athens, Acragas, and Olympia. At Olympia, the temple to Zeus contained a thirty-foot gold and marble ...

Cronus, who is chained within ... none have survived into recorded time). However, statues are known to have been created to represent the ancient Greek goddess of the night, and several cult ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman ... worshipped for representing gods.) ...

Cicero for example spoke of a ritual treatment of a statue of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, the forest and animals in Greek mythology, in the Sicilian city of Segesta which was anointed with ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek ... gods.) Brøns is fond of a quote she attributes to the Roman philosopher Cicero, about the treatment of a statue ...

The diminutive statue depicts a nude Hercules leaning to his right on his club, adorned with the trophies from his labors. According to Greek mythology, the Oracle of Delphi advised Hercules to ...

Nguyen Hieu Tin, known as a prestigious stamp collector, is also the owner of an impressive and unique collection of Ong Dia (Earth Gods) statues. Nguyen Hieu Tin is a talented and outstanding ...

Modern God of War is defined by several factors, not the least of which being its radical shift away from Greece and into the realms of the Nordic gods. In retrospect, this was a rather elegant ...

To read about a marble sculpture unearthed in the ancient Greek city of Philippi, go to "A Young Hercules." ...

As well as Mediterranean colours, images of Greek gods and goddesses adorn the walls, along with trailing floral decorations to mirror the colourful blooms of the region’s gardens. There is also ...