How Has Greek Mythology Influenced Our Daily Life

The Ancient Greeks believed in many gods and heroes during their time. Each one had a sole purpose in a mortal’s lifetime. Greek mythology had a huge impact on religion in Ancient Greece. The Greeks performed rituals in order to honor their gods. Mythology affected the Ancient Greeks in many ways. The origins of mythology, the influences of mythology through a human’s lifetime and lessons taught in the ancient myths will be examined.

Greek mythology is one of the coolest things anyone could think of. The ideas of gods and goddesses coming down to earth to interact with the human race, is quite an amazing thing. In many cultures, gods are very important. The ancient greek culture is an example where mythology is very important to the people, the gods are everywhere in daily life. Yet with the made up mythology, they needed a place to begin with and the greeks are no exception, but the story of the gods beginning is very interesting.

Greek Mythology has been known to be one of the footprints left by the civilization of ancient Greece to our history and these mythology somehow shed a light to the culture, life style, religion and history of ancient Greece since the mythology were the primary basis of the origin of the ancient Greeks and they believed that these mythologies explained the origin of why things turned out to be like that.

The first way that Greek mythology affected daily life in Ancient Greece was through its effect on the names of places in Greece, many of which we still hear today. Major cities in Ancient Greece were often named after the gods so that the cities could receive special blessings

The creation of the gods starts with chaos and from the chaos came the endless gods: Eros, Tartarus, and Gaea (Love, hell, and the earth). Gaea created Uranus, the first ruler of the sky and Eros

Ancient Greek society fell over 2000 years ago but despite this, its mythology still continues to influence our western society. References to Greek mythology can be found all through time and in our western culture. The influence of Greek mythology can be found in our science, arts and literature and our language. When Ancient Greece fell to the Roman Empire, Rome adapted its mythologies which still influence us today as they have through history. That is not to say that Greek mythology wasn’t influenced itself – Greek mythology has links with the bible and the early Mycenaean’s. It has also been recognised as one of the earliest forms of paganism.

When people wonder about Ancient Greece the first thing that comes to their minds is Greek mythology; gods and goddesses that have helped shape many historical events. “In ancient Greece, stories about gods and goddesses and heroes and monsters were an important part of everyday life.” (“Greek Mythology.”) The civilization showed that numerous characters and stories helped shape Greeks. The beliefs the Greeks had with mythologies was they understood the meaning behind all the characters that are known today. However, to the Greeks, they were not just characters, these were their gods and goddesses who gave them meaning and understanding of the world around them. Worshiping the gods and goddesses helped them with their religious rituals and the temperament of the weather. A famous wine-jar that was made during this time period was “Achilles killing the Amazon Queen Penthesilea, 540-530 BCE, black-figured amphora”. (Khan Academy) The civilization that they lived in grew around their worship and achievements.

For example, in world history we could learn about Greeks Olympic Games, they were held every four years to honor the Greek god Zeus. Also, during the Greeks times there was many wars, for example the first war that they had was called the Ionian Revolt. Ancient people had many beliefs in gods for example they thought that Zeus was the god of the sky and the rulers of all the gods, the god that had the most power of all the other gods.

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece. Modern scholars refer to, and study, the myths, in an attempt to throw light on the religious and political institutions of Ancient Greece, its civilization, and to gain understanding of the nature of myth-making itself.

     Mythology is a way that the ancient societies explained why things are the way they are and how they came to being. Two ancient societies are infamous for their mythology. These societies are Greece and Rome. Great authors were made be the mythological works they wrote. Homer was a famous author who is best known for his epics. It is from these epics that most of the gods and actual myths well known. I am writing of two of these gods in particular, Saturn and Dionsysus.

My research paper is about the Greek Titan Kronos/Cronus which are his Greek name or Saturn for his Roman name was the terrible father of the Olympians. He was also the king of titans which were overthrown by their own children the Olympians. In Greek mythology we all know his ending was about him being thrown into the pit of tartarus but we barely know how his beginning life started in the myths, but his defeat the most well known story. In my research paper I will talk about the rise and fall of kronos the god of time.

The gods of Greece have a very interesting history. They had many beliefs for the gods and goddesses. Citizens of greece for many years have believed that there was many powerful beings that controlled everything. All of them had a role. Greeks had an entire way of life due to the gods like: origin, art, legends, proficiencies,and types of gods.

The ancient Greeks had an everlasting effect on modern society in more ways than one. One of these ways was through athletics/sports. In about 776AD one of the first known sports events was born in Athens, Greece, the Olympics. Although there is a few differences between modern and ancient Olympics/athletics, they were the base of modern sports. If the Greeks had not made or had an effect on the Olympics or any other sports that they influenced they athletics that we have today would not be the same.

Mythology and the Impacts on Society There are many Greek influences in our society today. These influences are not widely known in our society. The Greek culture affects our natural way of life, it has created democracy, math, science, architecture, the alphabet, libraries, lighthouse, and even the Olympics. Greeks created systems that could not be imagined in a person’s wildest imagination.

In Greek Mythology, perhaps one of the most rudimental yet one of the most important elements are the Greek Gods and Goddesses. The ancient Greeks created the stories about the lives and journeys of the Greek Gods, known as myths, simply as an endeavor to elucidate nature and all phenomena which were difficult to explain using modern science and logic. These myths about the Gods were spread around the world by explorers and storytellers, and later merged with Greek religion. To this day, numerous myths survived through many writings and through much art. Each of these myths is very unique, and moreover, tells us much about the Greek Gods. The Greek myths in particular convey to us that Greek Gods and Goddesses looked and acted like humans,