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Is Greek mythology part of ancient Greek religion?
Yes. Popular convention is that the foundation stories of Christianity should not be referred to as myths, but that the foundation stories of other religions can be. Thus the foundation stories of the ancient Greek religion are referred to as myths, or collectively as mythology. Further, the ancient Greeks often accepted their foundation stories as not being literally true, but symbolic. They saw no inherent difficulty in teaching myths to help in understanding their religion.AnswerYes, mythology is the whole of stories about the Gods and Heroes that was paced down orally and later written down. While it is part of the Hellenic religion, it is not the same as the Hellenic religion.
What is Greek mytholgy?
Greek Mythology, also called Classical Mythology is the ancient religion of the ancient Greeks: as reported and reduced by Greek poets of old.
What was mythology used for in ancient Greece?
They are the religion of the ancient Greeks.
Who was involved in Greek mythology?
The ancient Greeks have always believed in greek mythology. No one knows exactly for sure who began greek mythology. It is unknown but with some help of past references, archaeologists, scientists, etc., are able to piece together somewhat of an idea. There is no record available however. Lets hope that we get one!
Why did Greeks use myths?
What we call Greek myths is the ancient Greek religion. They believed in their gods as seriously as people today believe in the Christan god, or Allah, or the god(s) of other religions. Religious stories we do not believe in we call myths. Roman mythology and Norse mythology are other examples of religions we do not believe in any more.
What is the difference between greek mythology then and now?
At Greeks time, it was not mythology but now it is. For the ancient Greeks, it was their religion, now it is a collection of interesting stories.
What do the ancient Greeks believe?
They believed in Greek mythology, more importantly greek Olympians and their stories of heroes and monsters.
What is the role of Greek Mythology?
Greek Mythology is just like the stories we tell today in books, films etc, and played the same role in the entertainment of the Ancient Greeks.
What did mythology do?
It depends now, back with the ancient Greeks they believed it was there religion, same with the Romans. Now there stories so you can if you want to believe in them
Why was mythology important to lives of ancient Greeks?
It explained how things happened, gave stories to share, and told how Gods became powerful.
Why do we still believe in mythology?
Myths are stories we do not believe in (any longer). Stories we do believe are not considered myths. The Greek myths were the religion of the ancient Greeks. It has been supplanted by Christianity.
Mythical stories to the Greeks are the same as what to the Vikings?
Norse mythology.
What is the role of mythology in everyday life of the ancient Greeks?
The role of mythology is important in the life of ancient Greeks because it helped them answer questions they could not with the understanding they had at the time. For example, when there was a storm, they believed that Zeus was upset at them for something they had done. Or, when they lost a battle, they would blame someone for upsetting Ares and causing him to fight with the other side against them. Basically, it gave them someone to blame or praise for the events that happened in their life that they couldn't otherwise explain.
What are the names of the ancient Greeks that wrote mythology?
Homer,.....
Is Greek mythology awesome?
It certainly was to the Ancient Greeks.
Why have the Greeks inveted most things?
Greek mythology actually was a relegion in ancient times, it was not called mythology though. It was created by the greeks to explain natural occurances or things that they could not otherwise explain. Another reason is that some blind people would tell stories and they were adopted as a myth.
What is the mythology?
Mythology is NOT a type of banana, and it's not a study, either. Mythology is the culture and beliefs of ancient people, such as the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, and Indians. a study a type of bannana
