| In ancient times, the Greeks were very devoted | | | | They argued, make mistakes, and fell in love, but |
| to their beliefs. They were religious people who | | | | they did all of these things on a grand scale. Such |
| worshipped numerous gods. The majority of | | | | tales are usually told into stories and myths |
| these gods represented various elements of | | | | passed down from generation to generation. |
| nature. Legends and Myths of the gods and their | | | | The Greeks honored their gods in detailed and |
| accomplishments tend to explain the phenomenon | | | | complex rituals. They request the gods for their |
| and occurrences of winds, rains, storms, life and | | | | assistance or tried to soothe them. Our modern |
| deaths. Some gods include, Zeus, god of the | | | | Olympic Games are based on the Greek athletic |
| skies, Poseidon, god of the sea and Hades, god of | | | | games held every four years to honor Zeus. In |
| death. Most gods were believed to live on Mount | | | | the early days, human sacrifices to the gods |
| Olympus, the highest peak in Greece. | | | | were common. Later, the Greeks used animals or |
| Greek gods had many human attributes and they | | | | food as an offering to the gods instead. |
| did not set out strict rules for mortals to follow. | | | | |