The worship of Apollo is the most widely diffused. His birth was adventurous as his mother, Leto, was chased by the serpent Python (Hera's intrigue); he grew up miraculously fast (in seven months he assumed the appearance of a grown man)
Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera and one of the Twelve Olympian Gods. His birthplace and true home was placed far away, among the barbarous and hostile Thracians.
Artemis is special among the other goddesses of Olympus. She was the daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister to Apollo.
Athena was the daughter of Zeus and Metis, the Titan and goddess of cunningness and wisdom. According to the myth Zeus received a prophecy that one of his off springs would bring the end to his reign.
Atlas was a Titan, the son of Iapetus and Asia. He was well-known to everyone because his task was no less than to support the sky and the heavens over the earth.
Demeter was the daughter of Chronus and Rhea. She was the goddess of agriculture and taught men how to seed and harvest the fields.
Hades is the oldest male child of Chronus and Rhea. According to myth, he and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated the Titans and claimed authority over the cosmos, ruling the underworld the air and the sea respectively.
Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera, the King and Queen of the Gods. He was the god of craftsmen, metallurgy, technology, fire and volcanoes.
Perhaps the Olympian god least present in Olympus, not because he was lesser but because he was the messenger god!
Hestia belongs to the first generation of Olympian gods along with her two sisters Demeter and Hera and her three Brothers Zeus Poseidon and Hades.
Poseidon was the son of Chronus and Rhea, brother to Zeus, Hades, Hera, Hestia and Demeter. When Zeus overthrew his father Chronus and assumed power the siblings divided the world among themselves
Tethys was the daughter of Uranus and Gaia and the sister-wife of the sea god Oceanus. She was regarded the personification of the waters of the world, like Thalassa was the embodiment of the sea.
According to the "Theogonic" order, Zeus came after Cronos and Ouranos, but in the poems of Hesiod and Homer as well as in the minds of the Greek people, Zeus occupied the predominant position.
Zagori is an area of great natural beauty and unique architecture in the Pindus Mountains in Epirus in Northwestern Greece. The area is of about 1.000 square kilometers and contains 46 villages. Zagoria villages is called by Greeks “Zagorochoria” meaning the villages behind the mountain.
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In 1989, Professor of Byzantine Studies, Helen Ahrweiler is appointed Chairman of the Cultural Centre Pompidou in Paris