THE GREEK GODS ON POSTAGE STAMPS

Postage stamps, apart from their original purpose, have always been a way of promoting art, history and nature. The Gods of the Hellenic Pantheon have very often been honoured through stamps, not only in Greece, but in many other countries as well.

The statue of Olympios Zeus, work of Pheidias. 

Greek stamp with Goddess Hera.

Postage stamp from Uruguay, which depicts Cleio, the Muse of History.

Greek stamp with Goddess Athena and Pegasus. Athena is called 'Chalinitis' ( She who holds the reins) in this depiction.

Australian stamp with sea Goddess Amphitrite, the Divine wife of Poseidon.

Algerian stamp with God Poseidon.

Greek stamp with the Nine Muses.

Zeus is referred to here as the Supreme God, ruler of lightning and thunder.

Goddess Hestia on a Greek stamp.

French stamp. Goddess Artemis is resting after the hunt.

Turkish stamp, with river-God Acheloos.

Postage stamp from Bhutan.

Greek stamp ( circa 1955 ) which commemorates the journeys of Dionysus.

Another Greek stamp dedicated to God Dionysus and the 2,500 years of theatre. 

French stamp with Goddess Aphrodite.

Greek stamp with God Ares.

Stamp of Monaco. Heracles fights the horses of Diomedes.

Greek stamp with Goddess Demeter.

German stamp with Eros and Psyche.

Greek stamp with God Helios.

Algerian postage stamp with God Apollo.

Austrian stamp with God Hermes.

Greek postage stamp. The phrase below the picture means 'Theocracy of Zeus'.