Greek mythology has played an important and lasting role in Greek and later civilizations. Greek mythology deals with the stories of gods and heros. The Greeks used these stories to try to explain and justify why things were in the world that they lived in. These stories were involved and used in the everyday culture of the Greeks. There are many different types of myth and legends although, they are not true they still are useful in understanding ancient Greece and their culture. Myths are different than legends in that myths deal more with divine traditions and rituals while legends deal more with historical matters. The Greeks had about 12 main gods that they worshipped and can be found and record in their cultural interactions. Apollo
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He had many important attributes that helped in many matters like healing and disease. Greek literature can help show us how he was viewed and the ways he impacted their lives. "He is the only major Greek deity whose name is absent from Linear B, already in the Iliad Apollo plays an important role."OE Apollo was well known by the famous authors Homer and Hesiod and may have been introduced during the Dark Age due to the lack of earlier records. In the Iliad written by Homer, Apollo is involved with the support of the Trojans. He will send a terrible plague on the Greeks. He plays an important role in the war and who gets to live or die. Apollo is known for his healing abilities and also his destructive abilities. He is worshipped by the Greeks for both of these attributes and the effect that they have on their lives. In early poetry he also displays these attributes. He is known for his wrathful destruction and death. He uses his bow to send premature death to men and also punishes the wicked. Apollo is seen as bringing order and justice in how he deals with men and their actions. He was the guardian over many important aspects of the Greeks life. He gave guidance and protection in navigation, which was important as they traded and colonized in the surrounding area. Greeks also valued and need healthy livestock and crops to survive, which Apollo was an overseer of. Greek art can also be helpful in how they viewed Apollo. “Perhaps because of his beauty and perfect physique, Apollo was represented in ancient art more frequently than any other deity.” FW He was the ideal image of what young men were to
He had many important attributes that helped in many matters like healing and disease. Greek literature can help show us how he was viewed and the ways he impacted their lives. "He is the only major Greek deity whose name is absent from Linear B, already in the Iliad Apollo plays an important role."OE Apollo was well known by the famous authors Homer and Hesiod and may have been introduced during the Dark Age due to the lack of earlier records. In the Iliad written by Homer, Apollo is involved with the support of the Trojans. He will send a terrible plague on the Greeks. He plays an important role in the war and who gets to live or die. Apollo is known for his healing abilities and also his destructive abilities. He is worshipped by the Greeks for both of these attributes and the effect that they have on their lives. In early poetry he also displays these attributes. He is known for his wrathful destruction and death. He uses his bow to send premature death to men and also punishes the wicked. Apollo is seen as bringing order and justice in how he deals with men and their actions. He was the guardian over many important aspects of the Greeks life. He gave guidance and protection in navigation, which was important as they traded and colonized in the surrounding area. Greeks also valued and need healthy livestock and crops to survive, which Apollo was an overseer of. Greek art can also be helpful in how they viewed Apollo. “Perhaps because of his beauty and perfect physique, Apollo was represented in ancient art more frequently than any other deity.” FW He was the ideal image of what young men were to