My daily devotional “Christ in our Home” discussed the following scripture;
“Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill,
and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too
superstitious. For as I passed by, and
beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, to the Unknown God.” Acts 17:22-23
I knew the scripture, but
didn’t recall other ancient text discussing the Unknown Gods among the Greeks.
Quick google search found this;
"Circe
turned to prayers and incantations, and unknown chants to worship unknown gods, chants which she used to
eclipse Luna's (the Moon's) [Selene's] pale face and veil her father's
[Sol-Helios the Sun's] orb in thirsty clouds." Ovid, Metamorphoses 14. 365
ff
Much more
research revealed a mother-load of research on the topic. What follows, I believe is Jame Frazer’s commentary
on Unknow Gods from Pausanias's
Description of Greece, translation with a commentary by J.G. Frazer 
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