The ancient Greek people explained everyday things with gods, they had gods for love to whether your bread burned. The Greeks believed that the gods created Greece, that gods lived on Mt. Olympus, and that the city’s fought over which god would represent their city state. The Greeks believed that their gods created the entire Earth, “... made one country after another with good soil that sifted through, and threw away the stones left in the strainer.” (Document 1) according to the Greek legend these rocks became Greece. The Greeks explained everything that they didn’t know and then some. The Greeks also believed that their god live on Mt. Olympus, “The peak of Olympus was the site of the magnificent palace of Zeus, king of gods…” (Document
