Poseidon then raped her inside Athena’s temple. As a virgin goddess, Athena was deeply offended, and as is often the case with Greek mythology, mortals suffer the consequences. She turned Medusa ...

From Zeus to Poseidon and Artemis, there is a whole pantheon of Greek deities who ... and an eternal virgin goddess, forever ...

People believed patron gods protected them from harm. A Greek coin showing Pegasus and the goddess, Athena. The Greeks thought the gods lived high above Mount Olympus, in a palace in the clouds.