The Influence Of Ancient Greek Mythology

“Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed” (Riordan, ) We all know what life is like today and how our beliefs impact us, but in order to fully understand how we have gotten to here, we need to understand our origins and how we got here. In turn, we need to examine the myths and legends of our ancestors. The ancient Greeks are a great example of how we were able to exceed expectations. The Greeks believed in many gods and goddesses and worshipped them depending on what was going in their life. Their myths are a combination of these gods, the creatures, and the mortals. These myths tell the stories that the Greeks believed in, and why the myths made the them who they are.
The Greeks were devoted followers to their faith. They prayed everyday, and …show more content…
Each one having their own purpose in how they helped the mortals when they were in need. The most famous being the king of the gods, Zeus, and his two brothers, Hades and Poseidon. However, there were many more deities that were praised.
The goddess of Love. Aphrodite has two stories about how she came about, whether or not they are true nobody knows. The first one is from Hesiod 's Theogony, which says that when Cronos cut off his father 's’, Uranus’, genitals and threw them into the sea that she rose from the sea foam. The second one from Homer’s Iliad says, that she was the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Aphrodite is married to Hephaestus, god of blacksmiths and fire, but she is having and affair with Ares, the god of war. Her symbols are the dove, seashells, and mirrors.
Hecate was the goddess of witchcraft and necromancy in the ancient Greek religion. She was one of the main deities that was worshipped in most Athenian houses because she was thought to protect the household and bring about prosperity. No one knows how Hecate came about. Her most important sanctuary was