However, since Patch 3.0 made it playable, there are a few ways to revive it: In the game, Hellenism is a Dead Religion, as no living rulers in any start date have it as their religion ingame unless one was made with the Ruler Designer. In game, however, Hades/Pluto is included as an Olympian in Hermes/Mercury's place, although he wasn't considered one in real life. It originated in ancient Greece and with the conquests of Alexander the Great and the Roman Empire, it would go on to become the dominant religion in the Mediterranean world until the rise of the Abrahamic religions, especially Christianity.
The Hellenistic historical religion is a polytheistic, with a pantheon of twelve major gods, the Olympians, who were Zeus/Jupiter, Hera/Juno, Poseidon/Neptune, Demeter/Ceres, Ares/Mars, Hermes/Mercury, Apollo, Artemis/Diana, Aphrodite/Venus, Hephaestus/Vulcan, Athena/Minerva and either Hestia/Vesta or Dionysus/Bacchus.
