Author: Danielle Smith-Llera
Series: Ancient Greece
Narrator: Various Narrators
Unabridged: 0 hr 8 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway
Published: 08/10/2017
Genre: Children & Young Adults Nonfiction - History - Ancient
Deeply religious, the ancient Greeks honored many gods and goddesses. The ancient Greeks believed these gods and goddesses had great power over the weather and the Earth. But they weren’t all-powerful, and they had flaws. From Zeus to Athena, read about the family of gods and goddesses that the ancient Greeks believed watched over them.
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