Besides the prominent ancient Greek gods, the mythology of Naxos also involves a number of lesser deities. Ares, for instance, the god of war, was likely worshipped on Mt. Fanari, situated between the ...

The area of Apollonas and the giant statue of beard-sporting god Dionysus which was probably destined for his temple at Yria. Apollo, the god of light and music, held a prominent place among his peers ...

Demeter, the goddess of earth fertility, and her daughter Persephone were worshiped with special affection by Naxiots.  The myth of Mother and Daughter –who was abducted by Pluto and taken to the neth ...

Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of merriment, was said to have originated either from the northeastern province of Thrace or the East. Diodorus Siculus, the ancient historian, wrote that Naxiots claim ...

The famous myth of the marriage of the god of merriment Dionysus and princess Ariadne is centered on Naxos.  According to the myth -- as narrated by the ancient historian Diodorus Siculus -- Theseus, ...

In one of his fables, Homer narrates that Dionysus, the god of merriment, once chartered a ship from Tyrrhenean seamen to return to Naxos. Unaware of their passenger’s godly nature, the seamen attempt ...