Stories of his escapades were numerous in ancient mythology, and many of his offspring were a result of his love affairs with both goddesses and mortal women. ... Their drapery is carved and painted with the delicacy and meticulousness common to the details of sculpture of this period. ...

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Zeus and Hera are at the apex of the Pantheon, followed by Poseidon, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, and others, but as in the Near East when their mythology relates the repossession of female deities by male deities, the same process occurred in Greece at this time. ... The next period is known as the Archaic Age, circa 800-500 b.c.e. ...

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