Greek mythology Greek mythology is the earliest oral creation of the people in Europe, which was produced approximately between the 12th century BC and the 8th century BC.
It has been passed down orally from ancient Greeks for hundreds of years, passed down from generation to generation, and continuously artistically processed. It has been preserved in various literary, historical, and philosophical works in the future.
Greek mythology consists of two parts: stories of gods and legends of heroes.
The story of God involves the origin of the universe and mankind, the emergence of God and its genealogy, etc.
Source Most Greek myths or legends come from ancient Greek literature, including "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" in "Homer's Epic", Hesiod's "Works and Days" and "The Odyssey".
Classics such as Theogony and Ovid's Metamorphoses, as well as plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.
Myths talk about the origins of the gods and the world, the struggle between the gods for supremacy and eventual victory by Zeus, the love and quarrels of the gods, the impact of the gods' adventures and powers on the mortal world, including natural phenomena such as storms or seasons, and
The relationship between worship place and ritual.
The most famous stories in Greek myths and legends include the Trojan War, the travels of Odysseus, Jason's search for the Golden Fleece, the exploits of Hercules (Ηρακλ?), The
The adventures of Theus (Θησε?) and the tragedy of Oedipus (Οιδ?που?).
Greek culture originated from the ancient Aegean civilization and is slightly similar to the Chinese Shang and Zhou civilization.
They are the ancestors of Western civilization, with outstanding nature and extraordinary imagination.
In those primitive times, they felt mysterious and incomprehensible about natural phenomena and human life and death, so they continued to fantasize and meditate.
In their imagination, everything in the universe is alive.
However, after the Dorians invaded the Aegean civilization, they had to look outside to expand their living space because the Greek peninsula where they lived was overpopulated.
At this time, they worshiped heroes and heroes, thus many national heroic stories in which humans and gods were intertwined were produced.
These stories of people, gods, and objects created by people have been quenched by time and are collectively called "Greek mythology" by historians. The period from the 11th to the 7th and 8th centuries BC is called the "Myth Age."
Mythological stories were originally passed down orally, and it was not until the seventh century BC that the great poet Homer recorded them in an "epic".
Greek mythology consists of two parts: stories of gods and legends of heroes.
The story of God involves the origin of the universe and mankind, the emergence of God and its genealogy, etc.
According to legend, there were twelve Olympian gods in ancient Greece: Zeus - the Lord of the Gods (also known as the God of Thunder because his weapon was lightning), Hera - the Queen of Heaven, the protector of women, Poseidon - the God of the Sea, ha.
Dis - Pluto, Athena - the goddess of wisdom, victory and war (Ares represents the violent and bloody battle, Athena represents the battle of justice), Apollo - the sun god, Artemis
Si - the goddess of midwifery, hunting and the moon, Aphrodite - the goddess of beauty and love, Ares - the god of war, Hephaestus - the god of fire and craftsmen, Hermes - the god
Envoy, extradition to the underworld, Dionysus - the god of wine (abdicated by Hestia, the goddess of the hearth).
Other famous gods such as: Prometheus------the one who created human beings and was called a prophet, Heracles------the famous Hercules, Demeter--the goddess of agriculture and fertility, three
One of the Virgo goddesses, they control various phenomena and things in nature and life, forming the Olympus theological system centered on Zeus.
Heroic legends originated from the worship of ancestors. It is an artistic review of ancient history and the struggle against nature by the ancient Greeks.
Most of the protagonists in such legends are the descendants of gods and humans, half-gods and half-human heroes.
They have extraordinary physical strength and bravery, embodying mankind's heroic spirit and tenacious will to conquer nature, and have become the embodiment of the collective strength and wisdom of the ancient people.
The most famous legends include Heracles's Twelve Works, Jason's taking of the Golden Fleece, etc.
The gods in Greek mythology have the same shape and sex as humans. They have the beauty of human bodies and the seven emotions and six desires of humans. They know the joys, anger, sorrows and joys, and participate in human activities.
The only difference between gods and humans is that the former has eternal life and has no period of death; the latter has a limited life and is subject to birth, old age, illness and death.
The gods in Greek mythology have distinct personalities, no asceticism, and little mysticism.
The beauty of Greek mythology is that gods still have a destiny and can still be trapped by love and do bad things for their own benefit.
Therefore, Greek mythology is not only the soil of Greek literature, but also has a profound influence on subsequent European literature.
Main Characters The main characters are introduced below: (There are many characters in Greek mythology, at least tens of thousands) In Greek mythology, everything begins with Chaos... Khaos/Chaos: The God of Chaos.
At the beginning of the universe, there was only Chaos, a boundless and nothing space.
Then Gaea, the mother of the earth, Tartarus, the god of the abyss of hell, Erebus, the dark god, Nyx, the night goddess, and Eros, the god of love, were born.
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Gaea: Mother of the Earth, daughter of Chaos.
The essence of the earth, she gave birth to the sky Uranos, the ocean Pontus, and the mountain Ourea.
2010-02-23 01:50:21 Supplement: Then she and her two sons gave birth to many gods.