God Zeus worshipped again at Greek temple

IT TOOK more than 1,600 years, but the ancient Greek god Zeus was honoured once again, pagan-style, by

God Zeus worshipped again at Greek temple

It was the first known ceremony of its kind at the 1,800-year-old temple of Olympian Zeus since the ancient Greek religion was outlawed by the Roman empire in AD4.

Some 200 people attended the ceremony organised by Ellinais, an Athens-based group campaigning to revive ancient religion, next to the ruins of the temple.

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