Were female goddesses considered subordinate to their male counterparts?
Dr. dig responds: I don’t think that female deities of the Olympiad were ever considered subordinate to male deities of the Olympiad. The female goddesses were just as clever, powerful, mighty and important as their divine masculine companions. After all, Athena herself was patron goddess to the city of Athens. Male and female gods played their roles, just as mortal men and women in ancient society played theirs. The roles they played were just different. Why did Greeks believe in gods? Dr. dig responds: The ancient Greeks believed in gods and goddesses to help them explain the way the world and the universe worked. How did Greek mythology begin and end? Dr. dig responds: The myths of the Greeks didn’t spring from the head of Zeus like Athena. The stories of the gods developed over many hundreds of years, and were influenced by outside cultures that comminicated and traded with the Greeks over time. The origins of the Greek gods may have their roots in the rich traditions of the ancien
