Labels:reckoner | shelf OCR: The Greeks honoured their gods W] ith many reli gous festivals. They hoped that the festival would persuade the gods to help them, perhaps by ensur 'ing victory u1 war or by providing bumper harvest Each city-state had a patron god. The patron of Athens M as the goddess Athena. and her festival took place in August each year and lasted for three religious ithena days
