Greek myths explained things that the Greeks could not explain scientifically. They explained how the seasons and the earth worked. They explained how the world began, who was in control, and why there was good and bad luck.
The ancient Greek myths explained things that the Greeks didn't understand.
Hubris as used in ancient Greek myths is a term for describing wrongful actions that mortals took against other mortals. In literature and in myths, hubris was explained as a flaw that was punished by the gods.
The Greek myths were the ancient Greek's religion.
myths were the greek way of saying how things work for instance they explained why the sun by saying that the sun god , apollo, rode his chairot around the earth everyday bring light to the earth
The greeks created greek myths
The Greek Myths was created in 1955.
Greek myths, like other myths, explain the existence of the world and many natural and cultural phenomena. They explain why we have the seasons, the narcissus flower, scorpions, writers, musicians and death. The myths associate phenomena with specific gods: That thunder was brought by Zeus, earthquakes by Poseidon, the sun was taken across the sky by Helios or Apollo, that Eos brought the dawn, Selene (or Artemis) ruled the moonlight, that Demeter made the crops grow, Dionysus the wine god etc.
The greek myths are as old as the greeks, for they are who made them.
Greek myths origiated from Greece in 800bce
People used to tell Greek Mythology because It explained to the Greeks why things happened. Like Poseidon explained how water and hurrricanes happened. Athena explained how owls and snakes came into play. And that's your answer.
The way the Greeks and Romans explained the world they lived in. They needed something to believe. Come on, earthquakes don't just go of by themselves. . .
There are Greek and Roman myths and legends. Have you ever heard of Hercuels, Medusa, Jupiter, Zeus.