The Classical Greeks honored their Gods with prayer, sacrifice, religious festivals, building sacred spaces (temples) as well as piety and good works in daily life.
Actually most religions use all or most of these things to honor their Gods.....
For more information on how the Greek Gods are STILL worshipped in the modern day (and yes there are modern worshippers of the Hellenic pantheon) you can check the websites below.....
to answer questions about the world and nature because they did not have science. If lightning struck down a town they would call it the mighty wrath of Zeus, the greek god of lightning and the sky. Today we would say it was simply a really bad storm and blame it on science.
The Greeks honored their gods to seek favors from them. They also wanted to stay on their gods' good side so that misfortune and/or punishment would not befall them.
The Greeks did not exactly like the gods, they just thought that it was necessary to pray to them for rain, food, calm seas, etc.
Because they believed the gods to have so much power over them, and them to be immortal. they also thought that one wrong doing could end there lives from the gods rage
For the same reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter; to honor the gods that they felt influenced their world.
The Greeks built a temple to honor the goddess Athena.
Greek gods were imagined by the Greeks, so they are related by that.
The aztecs honor the gods by sacrificing people. Like killing them just to honor the gods. They honor many different kinds of gods, but each in a different way. Hoped that helped you! Also, if you are wondering about Mayans, then blood are their gift to the gods.
There were 12 olympian gods
In honor of their gods and goddesses, the Greeks began building temples and statues.
The gods would stop supporting them.
one ceremony the Greeks participated in to Honor the gods was the Olympics. The Olympics were mainly held to honor Zeus and Hera.
the Olympics
For the same reason we celebrate Christmas and Easter; to honor the gods that they felt influenced their world.
The Greeks invented the Olympics in honour of their gods.
To honor the gods
Greeks honoured their gods by conducting religious festivals and sacrifices, rituals and praying in temples.
Rituals to honor them
so they could get a life
They built massive temples in their honor and held festivals, sometimes over a week long, to show them honor as well. Even the Olympics were held in honor of the gods.
~Every 4 years the Greeks had the Olympic Games in honor of Zues and the other gods and goddesses. ~Athens was named after Athena, goddess of wisdom and war.