Ancient Greek Religion by JEREMY WALSH

How Did the Greeks Honor Their Gods?

lshipley960 — 2015-12-03 16:44:41 UTC

The ancient Greeks had many gods and honored them in different ways. The most famous way are the temples and statues of the gods, but they also praised oracles and celebrated at festivals dedicated to their gods as well.

jwalsh230 — 2015-12-03 16:49:03 UTC

jwalsh230 — 2015-12-03 16:49:45 UTC

The ancient Greeks had temples dedicated to different gods. They had 12 main gods.

The greeks had sacrifices to their gods

jkovac856 — 2015-12-03 16:49:59 UTC

Greeks would sacrifice animals around their area to the gods to appease them and would bring grain to temples.

The underworld of Greeks

jkovac856 — 2015-12-03 16:52:29 UTC

Greeks believed that your life did not end after death. The Underworld had multiple levels which were the fields of punishment were you lived forever in agony, The fields of asphodel were people that did not do enough good in their life's but also did do enough bad to be sent to the fields of punishment were the worst people in society went. The Isle of beast was their version of heaven.

Mt Olympus

jkovac856 — 2015-12-03 16:55:18 UTC

Mt Olympus is where 12 important gods lived at which. Mt Olympus was also the meeting place of the gods and Zeus ruled over Mt Olympus.

The Gods

lshipley960 — 2015-12-04 16:54:37 UTC

Ancient Greece people were polytheistic. They had many gods, but have 12 main gods. These gods are Athena, Apollo, Poseidon, Hermes,Hera, Aphrodite, Demeter, Ares, Artemis, Hades, Hephaistos, and Dionysos. The leader of these gods is Zeus, who is a god himself.

The greek gods all had different roles

jsaul951 — 2015-12-04 16:54:41 UTC

There were many gods and each was incharge of a idea or element. This ment if they wanted something they would worship that god in hope he/she would help them. A example is Poseidon he was god of the sea and if they want a calm day for sailing they could pray to him for their request.

Greek Gods influence

jkovac856 — 2015-12-04 16:56:05 UTC

Greek gods have alot of influence over the people of greece and the surrounding land. The Spartans were influenced by the god Ares to have a perfect military. Athens most influenced gods were Poseidon and Athena, Poseidon was the god of the sea and a lot of Athens military were naval ships and Athens was very much influenced by Athena because of the literature and education of the Athenian people.

Significance of Greek myths

jwalsh230 — 2015-12-07 16:54:27 UTC

Ancient Greeks myths were made so that the people of ancient Greece could understand the world around them. For ex: Poseidon controlled the sea, Zeus the air and Hades the underworld.