The plays were a celebration to the gods. The gods were given due deference and sacrifice.
The Greeks believed that their gods and goddesses were involved in every aspect of their lives. They would offer prayers and sacrifices to the gods to seek their favor and protection. The gods and goddesses were also seen as active participants in everyday events, like war or childbirth, and were believed to influence these outcomes. In this way, the gods and goddesses played a vital role in shaping the lives and decisions of the Athenians.
Greek gods played an important role in the lives of Athenians by giving the people advice when they went to their temples.
They were important because they told them how to go about their lives
Philosophy was central to the Greeks in that it shaped their lives, culture and politics. Much of democracy was based on philosophy.
For the ancient Greeks religion was not separate from culture or reality. They found the god and goddesses in their experience and adjusted their lives to the demands of the deities. All public and private events involved the deities because their favor was sought. The ancient Greeks felt that if they were moral and just that the deities would reward them.
It explained how things happened, gave stories to share, and told how Gods became powerful.
Greek gods played an important role in the lives of Athenians by giving the people advice when they went to their temples.
The Ancient Greeks put stock in various divine beings and goddesses. The Greeks accepted that these divine beings and goddesses controlled everything in their lives and the climate. There was a divine being for each part of their lives. So god is a great being. One who loves a man in spite of his faults and always does good to his people, which is why the Greeks believed that their god would help them even when they were angry.
They were important because they told them how to go about their lives
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Because she was the supreme goddess of the Greeks. Repeat: supreme goddess. I know that Zeus is the supreme god. Other than being the top girl of the Greeks, she was also the goddess of marriage.Hera was worshiped as the personification of fidelity and motherhood. Her worship was part of the establishment of a moral base for the Greeks (i.e. - your mother is important, don't cheat on your wife).
Philosophy was central to the Greeks in that it shaped their lives, culture and politics. Much of democracy was based on philosophy.
It was connected to the lives of the early Greeks because that's what they believed, and that's what they lived by, and who they sacrificed to. The early Greeks be lived in gods and goddesses, and so, for instance, if they wanted to have a good harvest, they would have sacrificed to Demeter, goddess of Harvest, and they also would have sacrificed to Gaea, goddess of Earth (or more matter of fact, Gaea WAS earth).
For the ancient Greeks religion was not separate from culture or reality. They found the god and goddesses in their experience and adjusted their lives to the demands of the deities. All public and private events involved the deities because their favor was sought. The ancient Greeks felt that if they were moral and just that the deities would reward them.
Helios, or Apollo, was extremely important to the Greeks because he was the one that drove his chariot across the sky, making the sun rise each day. Therefore, he had control over the lives of the Greeks.
Different gods and goddesses appeared and more laws to pleas them were made to comfort their lives and not be annialated
It was important to keep the gods happy.
Plutarch wrote the "Parallel Lives of Illustrious Greeks and Romans". This work compares the lives of famous Greeks and Romans to draw moral lessons and insights.