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Ancient Greek religion

religion in ancient Greece
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Summary

Ancient Greek religion is a polytheistic religion[1]. It draws 5,905 Wikipedia views per month (polytheistic religion category, ranking #5 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Location: Ancient Greece[3]
  • Part of: Greek mythology[4]
  • Commons category: Religion in ancient Greece[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ancient Greek religion[6]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], sources of religion in ancient Greece[9], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Partially coincident with: Greek mythology[12]
  • Time period: Archaic Greece[13]
  • Culture: Ancient Greece[14]

Why It Matters

Ancient Greek religion has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 5537
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 5537, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107287572|religion, Greek (#107287572)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford "
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Ancient Greek religion
    Instance of → —
    Svkkl authority id → 0335100-recke-nabozenstvi
    Instance of → polytheistic religion
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0335100-recke-nabozenstvi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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