With all of these gods and goddesses to worship one might find it interesting that in ancient times Greeks had no shrines or sanctuaries devoted to public worship. Instead they performed their worship beneath the vast canopy of heaven, in the temple of nature. Believing that their divinities where located above the clouds. Sanctimonious worshipers sought the highest points accessible, to place themselves in the closest communion possible with their gods. Summits of high mountains were ideal for devotional purposes, the more elevated the site the closer they were to their gods and goddesses. These remote locations used to worship become difficult for elders and children to climb an attend, for that reason it is suggested that the idea of erecting
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Temples were then built and adorned with the greatest luster and elegance, talented artists, labor, and wealth being unsparingly lavish in their erection and decoration. Still today we are able to observe there beautiful temples, so well built they have with stood the hands of time. We see so much art, poetry, films, and epics that have shaped cultures for centuries. Even today we see films that adorned the names of these gods, goddesses and their children. Recent films include, Poseidon 2006, Hercules 2015, a 1996 video game Wrath of the Gods, “The God of War franchise of video games is set in a land of Greek mythology, with the main character being named after Kratos from Greek mythology. The video game Kratos is the son of Olympian god Zeus and is the personification of power”(Stang). Other than art or books, geography has even been embellished with the Greek culture, for example; “At Niagara Falls, the Bridal Veil Falls had previously been called Iris Falls, and Goat Island had previously been called Iris Island as namesakes of the Greek goddess of the rainbow, Iris, because of the rainbow effects that appear in the mists at the falls. A local newspaper which was published from 1846-1854 was also called The Iris, and the publication The Daily Iris became the Bingham
Temples were then built and adorned with the greatest luster and elegance, talented artists, labor, and wealth being unsparingly lavish in their erection and decoration. Still today we are able to observe there beautiful temples, so well built they have with stood the hands of time. We see so much art, poetry, films, and epics that have shaped cultures for centuries. Even today we see films that adorned the names of these gods, goddesses and their children. Recent films include, Poseidon 2006, Hercules 2015, a 1996 video game Wrath of the Gods, “The God of War franchise of video games is set in a land of Greek mythology, with the main character being named after Kratos from Greek mythology. The video game Kratos is the son of Olympian god Zeus and is the personification of power”(Stang). Other than art or books, geography has even been embellished with the Greek culture, for example; “At Niagara Falls, the Bridal Veil Falls had previously been called Iris Falls, and Goat Island had previously been called Iris Island as namesakes of the Greek goddess of the rainbow, Iris, because of the rainbow effects that appear in the mists at the falls. A local newspaper which was published from 1846-1854 was also called The Iris, and the publication The Daily Iris became the Bingham