Minoan goddess called Britomartis, surviving on Aegina with a changed name. that was dedicated to a goddess named Aphaea. If the observer went to the little island of Aegina which is a short distance south from Athens, he might see a well-preserved temple built in the early fifth century b.c.e.

To make matters more confusing, sometimes the Greeks referred to 'Pan' in the plural, as if he was free of the mortal constraints of singular and plural. A god called Pan, half man and half goat, lived in the woods, and could instill irrational terror in men or beasts, which was called 'panic' after him. There were river gods who could cause floods if they were angered. There were woodland nymphs, female spirits of nature who might kidnap mortals whom they fancied. They would include some gods whom he recognized, such as Zeus, the king of the gods, or Athena, whose ruined temple in Athens, the Parthenon, has appeared in countless tourist brochures.

If a modern observer could tour the cities and villages of ancient Greece, he would be astonished at the multitude of gods and goddesses that the Greeks worshipped. The Gods of Olympus The Divine Beings of Greece.

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