The Greeks worshiped and still worship the 12 gods/goddesses on Olympia. They were and still are Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Apollo, Artemis, Hera, Ares, Aphrodite, Hermes, and 3 others.
The ancient gods and goddesses; the most prominent and important are:
Zeus (king of the gods and lord of sky)
Poisidon(lord of the seas)
Hades(the lord of the underworld)
Hera(queen of gods, Zeus's sister and wife, goddess of marriage)
Demeter(goddess of the harvest)
Apollo(god of the sun)
Artimis(Apollo's twin sis and goddess of the hunt and the moon)
Hephastes(crippled forge god, god of craftmanship)
Athena(goddess of wisdom and strategy)
Hermes(messenger god, god of thieves, travelers, and brings the dead souls to Hades)
Aphroditie(goddess of love)
Dionysis(god of wine and festivities)
Ares(God of War)
They worshiped the gods. (Ex: Zeus- King of the gods and lord of the sky. Athena- Goddess of wisdom and battle strategies, etc.)
Demeter
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The Ancient Greeks did a long and complicated ceremony for worshipping their god, Zeus. First they would find fruits from a tree near by, and chop them up. then they would make pie.
They sacrificed at her temples.
No, they worshipped Zeus.
The ancient Greeks worshiped their gods for the same reason that any spiritual-religious people engage in worship: they believed that their gods were real, that those gods desired worship and reverence, and that those gods would reward those who worshiped them. While the Greek notion of "god" and "gods" changed significantly over the centuries, the fundamental reason for worshipping them did not.
The Ancient Greeks went to worship at shrines
Temples dedicated to specific gods or goddesses.
usually in a temple or high ground
Ancient Greeks needed a place to worship the gods and to do other things.
The Ancient Greeks were polytheists, or they believed in many gods and goddesses. They went to temples to worship and had many religious festivals.
The temple of Artemis was built so the ancient Greeks had a place to worship the goddess Artemis.
they spoke to oracles and the looked at animal entrails
No. Jesus came thousands of years After the Greeks.
Why do we do this today? The answer is the same: faith.
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Not unless these objects were associated with their religion (Greek mythology).
The same reason we worship in a cathedral, temple or mosque; it gives us a quiet place to contemplate our faith and a focus to the worship of our intangible gods.