# Quote — Robert Graves, The Greek Myths

> Ancient Europe had no gods. The Great Goddess was regarded as immortal, changeless, and omnipotent; and the concept of fatherhood had not been introduced into religious thought. She took lovers, but for pleasure, not to provide her children with a father. Men feared, adored, and obeyed the matriarch; the hearth which she tended in a cave or hut being their earliest social centre, and motherhood their prime mystery.

- Author: [Robert Graves](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-graves.md)
- Book: [The Greek Myths](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-graves/the-greek-myths.md)
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