Man has always had the desire to worship something or somebody. As man has not seen God with his natural eyes, he makes up images to represent the unseen God.
Because God created all things in the natural world then this same God must be in the stone or the wood or even water. So long as man has a tangible object to worship he is content to worship that. It is difficult for some to worship that which they cannot see.
Gods.
To worship their various gods.
No, Greeks believed that their gods were immortal, as every people believe for their god.
Why do Christians believe in Jesus? Why do Muslims believe in Allah? Because they are their gods. Humans want something to worship, and for the Greeks, it was their gods, including Hestia.
No, but the ancient Greeks did.
Poseidon.
The Greek gods, the ones who are in the myths.
i believe the greeks believed the gods were punishing them so i believe they influenced there religion by praying to the gods to forgive them and trying to please the gods
Most humans believe in either one single God or a number of gods.
The Greeks did not believe that gods and goddesses were all powerful. They did have special powers, but they were just as flawed as humans.
When they could not explain something they put a god. Example thunder, then they said Thor was angry.
Zeus. I believe is one.