The topic chosen for this discussion post was the religious aspect of Ancient Greece, the Pantheon of Gods. Ancient Greece, as in so many other ancient societies, was polytheistic and each god or goddess corresponded to some natural phenomena. There were twelve “main” gods each representing some element of society that the Greeks deemed important. The King of the gods was Zeus, who ruled over the sky, and controlled the weather. Next there was Poseidon, who ruled over the seas, and then there was Hades who ruled over the Underworld. Besides the main twelve there were plenty of other minor gods and nature spirits. For Ancient Greeks the gods were a major aspect of everyday life, they believed that their individual fate was planned out by the
