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What we describe today as a mythology, by which we mean a connected series of fantasies that are traditionally told in a given culture (much like the concept of Fairy Tales, except that mythology tells a more unified overall story than fairy tales do) was originally a religion. People believed in the pantheon of Greek gods, Zeus and Apollo and Bacchus and Hera and so forth, as actual gods whom they worshipped and prayed to. This religion goes back many thousands of years, and was already an ancient religion at the time it was replaced by the more recent religion of Christianity. There is no guarantee that some future society will not regard Christianity as a mythology (indeed, the late Isaac Asimov has already stated that The Bible should be regarded as Jewish mythology).
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y ago- is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient greeks
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their gods and heroes
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∙ 11y agostories made up by the ancient greeks that were to explain things they couldnt necessarily understand in the first place. an example would be seasons.
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∙ 15y agoGreek myths are storys about how thing came to be without using scientific ideas.
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∙ 13y agoGreek Mythology is about all kinds of things. It was the ancient Greek religion. It's not about one specific thing.
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∙ 15y agoIt is the religion of the ancient Greeks. They had many gods and many stories were told about each one of them. All this is called the Greek mythology.
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∙ 11y agoi have no idea what the characteristics of greek mythology that is what i am trying to find out
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∙ 11y agoAncient Greek legends about gods.
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What were Greek dramas based upon?
The ancient Greek myths.
What country does pegasus come from?
Ancient greek,they were part of there myths.
What are all the Greek myths and has anyone wrote every Greek myth?
The Greek myths were stories told by the Ancient Greeks made to explain strange events, things in nature, and basically everythingon the Earth. The Greek myths weren't written down until writing in Greece was actually develpoed, and before that, the myths were all told by mouth. That is why there are many different versions of the myths. In books telling about Greek myths, the myths may be written down, but usually not every single Greek myth is in one book, as there are lots of them. I do not think one Ancient Greek man could have known or told every single myth either.
What did the myths attempt to explain?
What they explain is it teaches you life lessons for the future so half of the ancient greek myths are false.
What made ancient greek fighters so powerful?
Most in myths were half divine/royalty.
What significance did myths have on the Greek people?
The Greek myths were the ancient Greek's religion.
What were Greek dramas based upon?
The ancient Greek myths.
What became of Greek goddess Hera according to Ancient Greek myths?
According to Greek myths, she is still alive and well.
Was Greek Myths a poet?
The Greek myths are the collection of stories about the gods who were the religion of the ancient Greeks. Yea how dumb are you?
What purpose did the myths serve for the accient greek people?
The ancient Greek myths explained things that the Greeks didn't understand.
How finally defeats Medusa in the Ancient Greek Myths?
perseus
What country does pegasus come from?
Ancient greek,they were part of there myths.
Who researched Greek myths?
Modern people and ancient alike.
When was the greek goddess Hera's creation and birth?
Ancient Greek myths did not keep a calendar.
Who created the greek god myths?
Ancient Greeks who remain unnamed.
Ancient greek myths?
no they are not real! myth=fake depends on what you believe in
How are Greece myths different from ancient Greece?
The truth is that there is no difference. The only thing that makes you think that there is a difference is the name. The Greek myths are all from the ancient times, hence "Ancient Greece"
