The Iliad and The Odyssey (the Ilian/Trojan War and Odysseus' journey back); any of the various myths about Herakles (Hercules) and/or Achilles; the myth of the Argonauts and the Golden Fleece; or any myths about the Greek gods. There are many myths not mentioned here which are also worth reading and finding out about.
The myths and legends are entertaining. The drama is entertaining.
The Wikipedia pages on some Greek myths are fairly detailed. The Classical Studies departments of some universities also have online archives of myths.
Probably because Hermes is in a lot of the myths. He is a greek god, so there were myths written about him.
herculese and the illiad and the oddysea
The Greek myths were the ancient Greek's religion.
Myths described to the Greeks how the world and its first people were made, and also (in some cases) gave an explanation for some natural occurences.
The greeks created greek myths
The Greek Myths was created in 1955.
Myths were created as an oral tradition. Some myths started out as revaluations or dreams some were even true stories, then they morphed into some grandiose story.
Some of the Greek writers who recorded myths for future generations include Homer, Hesiod, and Apollodorus. In Roman mythology, Ovid's "Metamorphoses" is a significant work that contains numerous myths.
The greek myths are as old as the greeks, for they are who made them.
Greek myths origiated from Greece in 800bce