Ancient Greek religion

As the ancient Greeks encountered other civilizations and cultures through trade, conquest, and colonization, they often merged their own gods with foreign deities in a process of religious syncretism. Ancient Greek religious syncretism was characterized by the blending and assimilation...

The epics of Homer, produced during Greece’s Archaic Period, gave shape and substance to the gods of mythology, helping define the foundations of Ancient Greek religion. The Iliad and Odyssey, written in the 8th century BC, not only laid the...

Ancient Greece had some famous priestesses who played a significant role in the religious and cultural life of the time. The Greeks had established a society that was primarily patriarchal, where women were often relegated to the domestic sphere...

Protagoras of Abdera, an Ancient Greek philosopher, leading Sophist, and noted religious skeptic, became notorious after standing trial for an agnostic statement in a treatise commonly known as On the Gods. Protagoras argued that because human knowledge and perception are...

The significance of the cross predates the Christian era, with its roots extending deep into ancient Greek thought, symbolism and religious practice. The cross is one of the most widely recognized religious symbols, most commonly associated with Christianity. However,...

The winter solstice occurs on December 21st in our current calendar and marks the longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere. For many ancient Greeks following the Attic calendar, the winter solstice was a time for celebrations...

Ancient Greece's concepts for Heaven and Hell are of course different than those propounded by Christianity, but have striking similarities.

The ancient Greek philosophers lived during a period when religious traditions, centered on polytheistic gods, were considered absolute and beyond challenge. Divine power was omnipresent in the cultural context of ancient Greece. The Greeks believed that the gods were not...

The ancient Greek religious festival of Anthesteria was revived in the center of the old city in Athens on Sunday.

Although medicine and healing were important in ancient Greece, anti-aging may have been considered unnatural by the ancient Greeks. by Patrick Garner In the last decade some branches of modern medicine have shifted from viewing aging as inevitable to treating it...