The Greeks believed in what we now call Greek Mythology. They believed in Gods like Zeus, Posiedon, Hera, Apollo etc; They prayed to whichever God could most accurately answer their prayers, for example if a Greek army was going on a voyage they most likely would have prayed to Poseidon the God of the seas for safe passage, and Ares the God of War for protection and strength. Hope this helped.
There were three main religions. First was the Old religion, pre-Greek, agricultural and decidedly matriarchal calendar worship. It survived here and there in the countryside, and even in some urban areas, notably Ephesus ( the City of Magic - that is female religion). The invading patriarchal Dorian Greeks brought their Olympian system of gods and goddesses representing natural forces and the less admirable aspects of human psychology, dominated by an all-father sky god Zeus. Over time, Olympianism evolved into a virtual all-male monotheism as the various surviving goddesses were gradually stripped of influence, a process recorded, perhaps, in the Greek myths, most of which really make no sense at all except in the context of this struggle. The absurdity and spiritual emptiness of all-male Olympianism led to the re-emergence of the Mother and the rise of Mystery cults, such as the immensely important one at Eleusis ("Advent"). The Virgin Mother and the Divine Child of Eleusis influenced the development of Christianity and its ritual in which the initiate was "seethed like a kid in the milk of the Mother " is the source of the rabbinical injunction against having meat and milk products in the same meal.
They were polytheists and worshipped a pantheon of gods and goddesses
Polytheism; belief in many gods/powers.
The main religion was strong Catholicism. we don't know how they got it passed down to them, but we know this much.
Alexander used religion to control his empire by saying her was the son of the main god in a religion. Example: For the Greeks he said he was the son of Zeus.
Over 90% of Greeks identify themselves as being Greek Orthodox. A link can be found below.
The main nationality of Greek people is Greek. The majority of the population in Greece identifies as ethnically Greek.
orthodox religion
Greek Orthodox.
As the Greeks studied science, how did it begin to change their relationship to their religion and to their gods?
The importance of religion to the Greeks was to help explain why things were the way they were. That's why the created the Gods and the God's stories and myths.
There are various paths/belief systems within paganism that believe in the existence of the Greek gods. One such path is known as Hellenismos, a religion that is attempting to reconstruct the ancient Greek faith.
Because they had to have a religion.
Ancient Greek religion was polytheistic. There were 12 main deities which made up the pantheon. These gods were recognized by the ancient Greeks but the gods were recognized in different ways by a wide variety of Greeks.
You are talking about the religion of the ancient Greeks; they were the deitites of ancient Greece.