So that they could blame, appeal to, or thank them for assistance for almost all things. Specialisation was held to be effective then as it is today.
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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.
what does man is the measure of all things mean to the Greeks?
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It is difficult to single out the ancient Greeks for their religious beliefs. Almost all peoples of ancient times believed in one or more gods, and the Greeks were no exception. Religion helped people explain how the world was created and gave them hope for divine assistance in time of peril.
Of all the deities Zeus is the boss.
Ancient Macedonia being Greeks on the northern Greek peninsula shared the same religion, language, culture, etc as all other Greeks. Some examples of their deities include Zeus, Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Hades, Artemis, and Apollo.
Mount Olympus: however all mountains were considered offspring of Gaea and thus deities in their own right.
In Eastern religion there are of thousand deities, each at different level of spirituality. All conditional things in this whole world or universe of comos are the composite of energies. Deities have cultivated spirituality beyond the realm of humans and have pledge to serve those who are still at the lower realm of existence. There are different level of deities - from lowly evolved beings to highly evolved beings to perfectly evolved beings. Deities that are worshipped in the temples are worshipped for different purpose based on the strength or speciality of the deities; so we have deities of fortune, deities who grant wisdom, deities who grant protection and so on.
They explained all the things that happen in nature. Such as, the 4 seasons. (Persephone). Poems were often how the Greeks wrote the myths.
They explained all the things that happen in nature. Such as, the 4 seasons. (Persephone). Poems were often how the Greeks wrote the myths.
Amon, Re, and later Amon-Re i think. I do know that there was also the 12 Gods of Mount Olympus. *********** Amon Ra, Amon Re etc. were egyptian gods, not greek. Greeks believed in the 12 gods who lived on Mountain Olympus and many other minor deities.