Comparing God And God In Greek Mythology

The Greek Society believes in many Gods. The first one that I will talk about is Zeus. Zeus is The God of The Sky, Thunder, Lightning, and Justice. Zeus made sure that justice was always served. So he made sure that there was justice everywhere. And if someone was doing wrong he would punish them deeply.

For many greeks, Homer's novels were used as a spiritual and moral guide and to demonstrate the Greek religion. The Homeric gods were said to represent ethical values and promote virtuosity. When one thinks of a god, an association with powers and miracles comes to mind along with the singularity of only ONE god. Gods have been portrayed as almighty beings who contribute historical events ranging from uncontrollable Earthly forces to the outcome of a treacherous battle (I.e. Trojan War). Homer contributed an immense understanding of the will of the gods through his epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Allow me to discuss the god's relationship to culture as imagined in both readings.

A polytheistic Greek religion is surrounded by numerous gods. Each represented a certain aspect of human problems including abstract ideas, such as justice and wisdom. This was the religion most devout Greeks followed and believed in. The most important gods were Olympian gods led by Zeus. These gods were: Athena, Apollo, Poseidon, Hermes, Hera, Aphrodite, Demeter, Ares, Artemis, Hades, Hephaistos,

The Greek gods were thought of as the most powerful forces to ever exist in ancient times. In turn, they played a pivotal role in the Greek people’s lives. Their power and influence over the Greek people is evident in many of the stories in Greek literature. Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, the most powerful Greek gods, each played a part in the story of Antigone by Sophocles.

Zeus’ most significant and well known power was the ability to hold lightning bolts. He could throw them like a javelin at people or gods that did not please him or defied him. He had his winged horse Pegasus carry his lighting bolts and had his eagle pick them up after he threw them. That was not his only power however, Zeus had the ability to control the weather with his temper. When he was in a happy mood the skies would be

As Hephaestus is notified of Thetis’ arrival, he explores what their relationship has meant to him. Hephaestus recalls that “Thetis saved my life when the mortal pain came on me after my great fall…” (P. 480) After Hephaestus falls out of Zeus’ good graces, Thetis is able to lend her helping hand, displaying the hierarchical dynamic between the gods. The gods are indebted to each other, the likely reason that Hephaestus felt as though he needed to make Thetis the ornate shield. The duty and obligation to each other fuels the mutualistic relationships between the gods. Thetis’ motivation to help Hephaestus was not solely out of kindness; rather Thetis saw the opportunity to make a strategic move and put Hephaestus in her debt, knowing that she very well could use his services in her future. Hephaestus describes the pain that he felt as “mortal pain” signifying a distinction between the discomforts and vulnerability of mortals and gods.

Archaic Greeks had a much different beliefs than the ancient Hebrew people about their gods. Greeks believed that both man and god came from the same place, “Of how both gods and men began the same.” (Five Ages 1.1, RWH 49) Greeks considered their many gods were just another species of human. They did not believe that the gods made them or wanted them to worship at their feet. Greeks believed that they interacted with them daily. However they believed that there was specialness about them that Zeus made them to be above the normal humans. Zeus made

Zeus can be compared to Superman in the sense that he is powerful, he protects the weak, and punishes the wicked. He is a human-like god in a sense he commits adultery, and is often to his wife Hera. The real life ideals represented by Zeus’s role, is one of a just and powerful character that gets justice against those that are bad and by protecting the good and weak. For Zeus being the god over all the Olympian gods it is quite easy to be powerful and just. In real life instance the justice system is the one to execute injustice through the law, the police and court system. This enables the victims that a sense of justice has been served.

First of all, there are several Greek gods, each one in charge of their realm. The gods are human-like, and need humans to remain mighty or to fulfill their desires

Relationship’s with The Gods in Ancient Greek Plays In Ancient Greece, the relationship between gods and humans was complicated. Skeptics insist that all conceptions of the gods be anthropomorphic and culturally contingent. The representation of the god's relationship with mortals in Ancient Greek plays was evident despite physically appearing in some plays, but notably present.

The gods and goddesses in Greek and Roman mythology don’t actually behave like divine beings. They act more like humans with great power and authority. Even Jove, the ruler of all the gods, doesn’t always act like a divine being. The gods and goddesses in Greek and Roman mythology act like humans, rather than divine beings.

However why would the ancient Greeks choose to create a god that is wrathful, vengeful, and has an uncontrollable temper? As the myths go, Zeus has lightning and thunderbolts that are formed by the Cyclopes that he is able to wield, and do with as he pleases. By examining, these myths in a Nature myth standpoint the Greeks created the myth of Zeus’s lightning and thunderbolts to explain certain weather occurrences. While today, a storm is not necessarily a major problem or catastrophe because we have warning systems and fortified shelters and housing, that was definitely not the case in ancient Greece. The ancient Greeks did not have a weather radar to warn them of an upcoming storm nor did the really understand what caused a storm to hit them. When a bad storm hit, it could lay waste to several homes and people. Furthermore, because of the location of Greece they were frequently hit by all kinds of storms. Through creating the god Zeus and his lightning bolts, the Greeks could attribute to what they thought the abrupt nature of storms to Zeus’s faulty personality. Also by making the incidences of bad weather due to Zeus, the ancient people also thought they might be able to appease him by making sacrifices, and therefore receive fair skies and weather in return. However due to the fact that the Zeus was created to make some sort of explanation for lightening, thunder and storms these sacrifices in actuality did nothing and this also attributed to the idea of

He overthrew his father Cronus (and the rest of the Titans) by tricking him to drink a potion, became the leader of all the Greek gods after winning a draw against his brothers, dated a lot of women, including his sister Hera (whom he married eventually), severely punished the worst villains of myth for their negative acts, and protected everyone from any danger. Hades has also made some great achievements as well. He became one of the “big three” of the Greek world, helped his siblings fight against the Titans, successfully kidnapped Persephone to marry her, and then became Demeter's enemy for kidnapping her daughter. Although both Zeus and Hades were successful at what they've done, they’ve also committed sins that could’ve gotten them in a lot of trouble. Zeus' personality seems to swift with every myth one reads.

The Greek Gods and The Humans are no different from one another. The Greek Gods and The Humans have the same attitude and same ideas. Each one has the same idea and attitude towards love, but in different ways. Each God and each human love each other in different ways. For example, Greek God Zeus would go after a very beautiful female and just have sex with them and then would leave them alone, once he got what he wanted from them.

Last week, I have read the GREEK MYTHS and I found there are some similarities and differences between Bible and Greek myths, even sometimes are similar with Chinese myths. After reading the Bible and Greek myths, you will find the biggest difference is that the number of gods is totally different. In the Bible, they only believe in one God faithfully; however, people believe in twelve big Gods and other small Gods in the GREEK MYTHS, such as Zeus, Athene, Poseidon, Apollo, Cupid and so on. The reason why they have such a difference is that God in the Bible can do everything and he controlled all the rights by himself, but in Greek all the Gods had different abilities and do their best in their fields.