Mythology was created to help them comprehend the things that are happening around them. Mythology helped Greeks (or other civilization) answers questions which was hard to answer during their time.
So personally I think it is safe to say that myths are combination of ancient science and art.
"the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks" http://www.thefreedictionary.com/classical+mythology
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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.
The Greeks did not date their mythology.
religious beliefs
In Greek mythology, the Greeks built the horse.
Homer,.....
It certainly was to the Ancient Greeks.
the Greeks the Egyptians the Romans, (they sort of copied off the Greeks) some native American tribes had kinds of mythology that's just to name a few
They created it to explain things they didn't know about. They made up stories about why the sky was blue, why a spider spun a web.... So basically it was to explain.
listen the Greeks thank she is real mythology is the study of myths durdudur
Wonderful mythology, tragedies, and the gyro.