Metic

Antiope

Antiope was the daughter of the Theban king Nicteus. She was a woman of exceptional beauty and she was coveted by Zeus himself who united with her disguised as a Satyr. To escape her father’s anger she fled to Sicyon where…
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Aphrodite (Venus)

Goddess of Love and Beauty Table of Contents Aphrodite (aphro-dite = issued from the foam / born of foam). Aphrodite was the goddess of Beauty and Love. This goddess was the embodiment of love and beauty, eliciting desire from deities…
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Apollo

This god of the sun held many religious facets; he was the God of Light, a symbol that existed concomitantly with the idea of purity, and so he was also the God of Truth. His byname Phoebus means “bright” and…
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Ares (Mars)

As the God of War, Ares was surprisingly not so revered by the ancient Greeks. He was said to have juxtaposing qualities of cowardice and ruthlessness on the battlefield as opposed to bravery. Even the other Olympians disdained him. He…
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Asclepius

Whether Asclepius was or was not a divine figure remains ambiguous in the history of medicine. He was one of the earliest men to experiment in healing, and if he were mortal, it is thought that he was raised to…
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Artemis

Apollo’s twin sister and counterpart: Artemis was to the moon what Apollo was to the sun. She held other religious facets like goddess of the hunt and the wilderness as well as protector of youth everywhere. She was one of…
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Ate

Ate was a mythological deity who induced both gods and men alike into rash decisions. She was even able to deceive Zeus. On the day of Heracles’ expected birth (Zeus’ son by Alcmene), Ate convinced Zeus to take an oath…
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Athena

There is speculation as to whether Pallas Athena had a mother, but Zeus is undoubtedly her father as every account of her birth depicts her springing fully-grown and adorned in amour from his head. If she did have a mother…
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Callisto

Callisto’s story is one of many wherein a youth wrongfully feels the wrath of the divine through no fault of their own. Callisto’s father had been a king of Arcadia, and she herself a maiden follower of Artemis. Callisto’s beauty…
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Charites (Graces)

Although there were three in number, these minor goddesses were a collective incarnation of grace and beauty and always referred to as one. There was Aglaia (Splendor), Euphrosyne (Mirth) and Thalia (Good Cheer). Supposedly they were the daughters by Zeus…
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