It’s not the only article in the series though. The whole series of BSG articles is a special sub-blog here.

As for the greek gods, that’s one of the clues. The powerful superbeings of Kobol named themselves after gods of earth mythology, because they are from Earth. Greek and Roman mythology are nothing like the colonial religion, only the names are the same.

You will note how they use both Roman and Greek names (Jupiter/Zeus, Mars/Ares) because both sets of names are in their history.