Who are the patron god of Sparta?

Spartans were incredibly pious. Contrary to what many people would think, their patron god was not Ares, god of war. They valued him as a god but had a statue of him chained, so that his martial spirit would not leave them. read more

Sparta was not like Athens who had one patron god but it had two. These two were Ares and Artemis. Ares was the god of war and Artemis was the goddess of the hunt. read more

An epithet of Athena commonly referred to as Athena Alea, served as patron of the cities of Alea, Mantinea and Tegea. Sparta worshipped Artemis as their patron goddess, not the God Ares. Elis and Olympia had Zeus as their city god. The statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Syracuse, as with Athens, worshipped Athena. read more