Introduction | Browse the Greek Pantheon

Never ones to let the truth get in the way of a good yarn, the Greeks were spreading stories of the Gods long before the introduction of a writing system. Their beliefs had no formal structure with the exception of various festivals held in honor of the gods, no sacred book or code of conduct to live by, so they just made it up as they went a long.

Yep, word of mouth was the order of the day with roughly four centuries of embelishment, exageration and down right fibs as bits and bobs were added to explain unexplainable occurances, and although early toffs such as Plato tried to convince the people that 'Ancient' mythology generally recognized as Greek was, well, Greek by comparison, they couldn't give a hoot.

Their gods were remarkably human like and while undoubtedly physically strong were mentally weak, especially when it came to the opposite sex, and were providing excuses for the men-folks wayward ways by the bucket load...

"So i slept with your sister. Whats the problem?
If it's good enough for Zeus its good enough for me!"

Greek Mythology is like an ancient soap opera where you never quite know whats coming next - Incest, rape, murder, trips into enormous bowels, betrayals, battles, wanderings, scrot sacks and sickles... the list is endless and quite disturbing.

Enjoy!