Greek Gods

Part I of Essay
Many people would blatantly state that the importance of the gods in Greek society derives from the fact that Gods in any society are usually used to explain phenomenon that people cannot logically comprehend, but in ancient Greece gods were actually entities that took part ....

Part II of Essay
.... around him than on understanding the world itself. In other words the Greeks were more interested in the workings of the mind than in the workings of the environment around them. This was so because unlike us, the Greeks believed that they already had explanations for trivial questions such as, “Where the world came from?” “Who are we?” and “Who controls the world around us?” To them all these questions could simply be explained by looking at their own mythology. It is hard for us to really understand how ....