<Li> Syracuse, as with Athens, worshipped Athena . Reference to Athena can be seen on their city - state banner . </Li> <Li> Thespiae was a city / state that worshiped Eros . Due to this, the Thespian hoplites would bear the crescent moon symbol on their shield, the crescent moon was "the lunar Aphrodite". The was a bull's foot . Another name for Dionysus was Axios Tauros, which translates as' worthy bull' . </Li> <Li> Corinth chose Poseidon, lord of the sea, as their city - state patron god . </Li> <Li> The patron god of Thebes was Dionysus, also called Bacchus and Iacchos . Dionysus' mother, Semele, was a Theban princess . Sophocles' includes in his play Antigone an ode to Dionysus, the guardian of Thebes; in that ode Dionysus is claimed to have Thebes as his most honoured city . </Li>

Is poseidon a patron god of any city