Ancient Greeks didn't have lots of science and technology, so they depended on myths too explain how the earth and many natural causes were first formed. These stories used Gods and Goddesses to explain how things were created, almost how like in The Bible, the first "story" is how God separated sky and earth, and created water, etc.
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They are told to explain the world around them before they had advanced science.
You have to remember this was the religion of the Greek people. These stories were as important to them as the Bible or Qur'an is to us.
It was their religion, so it was very important to them.
The greeks created greek myths
The ancient Greeks created myths because to explain the gods' actions.
The greek myths are as old as the greeks, for they are who made them.
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The Greeks wrote myths to explain how the world worked. Examples include why the seasons changed or how earthquakes were created.
Greek myths come from the country of Greece.
This is unknown, because only the Greeks wrote about their myths at that time.
The myths were the religion of Greeks and Romans. We call them myths, because we do not believe in them.
instead of science
there is no real figure on the amout of myths there are, the Greeks had so many
The Greeks used myths about their Gods to explain... everything. Examples:Natural eventsThings in natureStrange happeningsEventsHow places were made
The Greeks used myths to explain events that they did not understand.