Greek mythology attemped to explain everything that the ancient Greeks couldn't understand. Remember that ancient Greeks didn't know the things we know today. Some examples are:
Death
Love
Birth
Good and evil
Creation
Sicknesses
The stars
Life
...
And more
First the Greek, later the Roman culture.
The Manticore is not a creature of Greek mythology, but rather, one of Persian.
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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.
Cassiopeia is a character in Greek Mythology.
Mythology is an attempt by people to explain nature, the universe, and themselves.
To explain mysteries of nature.
Back in Ancient Greek, mythology was created to explain certain things that were not yet known to humans.
Greek Mythology used to be passed down orally from generation to generation and was told as stories for amusement to but also to explain shiza.
That you cant be perfect
It is the same as any mythology. It is made up of stories to explain the world to the people who did not understand today's science.
Greek mythology is a system of myths that was built by the ancient Greeks to explain the system of the world. In it there are many gods, titans and mortal heros that help to explain why certain events take place. Greek mythology was somewhat of a religion in ancient times, but is now studied and revered for the extreme complication of the system. Many modern things are still closely related to greek mythology.
Greek mythology were stories of Ancient Greek gods and goddesses, but there were many stories about the heroes of the gods or goddesses that were half mortals, half immortals, like Hercules, for example. Also, Greek mythology stories explain of how things were made, living things and non-living things.
The role of Greek epics and mythology was to explain the nature of the world and the basis for their culture. They help in understanding the religious and political institutions of Ancient Greece.
What they explain is it teaches you life lessons for the future so half of the ancient greek myths are false.
well the people needed reasons to explain why things took place so they invented gods and the Greek mythology
yes, like Greek gods are mythology, and they are made up. These gods are made up to explain something.