Ancient History & Mythology
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Poseidon ruled the sea, earthquakes, and horses, a strange combination that reveals how the ancient Greeks thought about the raw, ungovernable forces of nature. As god of the wine-dark sea that connected all the Greek world, he was never far from anyone's prayers.
Apollo is the god of light, music, poetry, prophecy, medicine, and the arts, the divine embodiment of reason and civilization. He is also a god of plague and destruction. In his contradictions lies the deepest truth about ancient Greek religion.
Zeus rules Olympus with a thunderbolt and an iron will. But the king of the gods is far more complex than a simple sky deity. He is the embodiment of cosmic order, divine law, and the complicated relationship between gods and mortals.