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Mythology About Ancient Greek Gods

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The Greeks Gods Mythology believed in many gods: they were polytheistic (PA-lee-thee-ISS-tick). It is impossible to say how many Ancient Greek gods there were, because different Greeks Gods worshipped different gods. Certainly there were hundreds. The most famous of them, and the ones which the most people sacrificed to, were Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Artemis, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Athena, Demeter, Hermes, Ares, and Hades.                                                                                  Greek Gods

The oldest Ancient Greek Gods Mythology literary sources that are known are Homer’s epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey which refer to the events of Trojan war, and Hesiod`s Theogony and the Works and Days. These two poems contain accounts of the genesis of the world, the first divine rulers of the human ages, the origin of the human woes and the sacrificial practices.

According to may myths he was natural powerful greek god. It was extremely important to stay on his “good side”, for he was moody and irascible, quick to take offense, and produced a hobby from taking his revenge on those who angered him.Punishing Odysseus for blinding his gigantic one-eyed son Cyclops (never mind that Cyclops and his gang had shipwrecked Odysseus and his awesome crew, looted the ship, and were planning to eat them all!), Poseidon spend eight years getting even with him, causing earthquakes, storms at sea, and throwing horrendous sea monsters in his path

Ancient Greek gods are an integral part of Greek Gods mythology. Our formal knowledge of the ancient Greek gods can be traced back to the writings of Homer in the Iliad and the Odyssey (8th century BC). In addition, many scholars believe that the myths were heavily influenced by the Mycenaean culture that existed in Greece culture between 1700 and 1100 BC. Remarkably, there is evidence that the beginnings of Greek mythology can be traced back to the ancient Middle Eastern cultures of Mesopotamia and Anatolia.

Ancient Greek Gods Mythology people also worshipped foreign gods, if for some reason they thought this might help them somehow. The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athens in the Hellenistic period, for instance. And many Hellenistic Greeks Gods worshipped Astarte, too.


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