As stated in other contexts, the Greek gods ruled over the entire world, not just ancient Greece.
That's not quite how Greeks conceptualized it. It's counter-intuitive to us today but they were comfortable with other peoples' deities being separate and different than their own pantheon yet equally valid and deserving of respect.
They are called the Greek gods because the Greeks worshiped them, not because they were ethnically Greek.
And yet every time the Greeks portrayed their own gods, they are depicted as looking like Greeks.
That's not quite how Greeks conceptualized it. It's counter-intuitive to us today but they were comfortable with other peoples' deities being separate and different than their own pantheon yet equally valid and deserving of respect.
And yet every time the Greeks portrayed their own gods, they are depicted as looking like Greeks.
Clown world, indeed.
There was also the ancient concept of gods being tied to the land their people claimed as territory.
"How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?"