Ancient Greek architecture of marriage; Athena, goddess of wisdom; Poseidon, god of the sea; Demeter, goddess of the harvest; Apollo, god of the sun, law, healing, plague, reason, music and poetry; Artemis, goddess of the moon, the hunt and the wilderness; Aphrodite, goddess of love; Ares, God of war; Hermes, god of commerce and travelers, Hephaestus, god of fire and metalwork, and Dionysus, god of wine and fruit-bearing plants. Worship, like many other activities, was done in community, in the open. However, by 600 BC, the gods were often represented by large statues and it was necessary to provide a building in which
The Cults of the Greek States the beginnings of cult in Greece and the cults of Cronus, Zeus, Hera and Athena. The second volume focusses on Artemis, Hecate, Eileithyia and Aphrodite. The third volume focusses on Demeter, Kore-Persephone, and Hades/Plouton, followed by the fourth volume, which focusses on Poseidon and Apollo. The fifth, and final, volume focuses on Hermes, Dionysus, Hestia, Hephaestus, Ares and minor cults. Farnell, Lewis Richard. "The Cults of the Greek States", vol. 1 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1896). Frazer, James George. "The Golden Bough" (Oxford University Press, 1994). Berriedale, Keith A. "The Classical Quarterly", Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct., 1910), pp. 282–285. (Cambridge