In Athens the apostle remarked that its inhabitants ‘ seemed to be more given to the fear of the deities than others were. ’ In that city, he had also seen an altar inscribed “To an Unknown God. ”
इसवी सनाच्या सुरुवातीच्या शतकांत इजिप्तचा देव सेरापिस व आयसिस देवी, सिरियाची मत्स्यदेवता आटारगाटिस आणि पर्शियाचा सूर्यदेव मिथ्र या देवीदेवतांचे पंथ खूप प्रचलित होते.