A statue of Zeus. Credit: Mario Leonardo Iñiguez, CC BY 2.0/Wikipedia The ancient Greek gods remain a fascination around the world. As immortals with unusual powers, they appear in movies, books, video games, podcasts and countless academic studies. By Patrick Garner* ” width=”1080″> These Greek gods are often called the “Olympic gods” because some were said to live on Mt. Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece, towering over the Gulf of Thermaïkós. As captivating as they are, individual Greek gods remain a hodgepodge to many. There are fully twelve Olympians and other divinities as well. How many of us could name even half of them?