Essay On Greek Gods And Goddesses
People in Ancient Greece craved to understand the world around them. They could not get answers to everything through science. If there was something that they could not understand they would use the gods and goddesses to provide an explanation. They needed these gods and goddesses to make sense in their lives. The explanations that the Greeks would use gods for splits into two general categories. They used the gods to explain natural occurring phenomena and things about nature, and they used them to explain social issues and human life and the course it takes.
People did not have the means at this time to explain why things happen with nature and in the surrounding world. They used gods as a means to somewhat understand how things in this …show more content…
In order to keep people from not drinking too much and causing trouble the Greeks knew of this god called Dionysus. He was the god of wine and he was known to get drunk. When he was drunk bad things would happen like rioting. He was used to discourage drinking because of the problems it could cause. Love was explained through the goddess Aphrodite, who was very beautiful. War was explained through the god Aries who had blood lust and would fight against other gods. He would cause men to fight each other and before battle they would worship him to bring luck to their side. Forced marriage was common at this time. Hera, the wife of Zeus, was the goddess of marriage. She would make sure marriages would stay a thing and prevent divorce or splitting up, which was very uncommon or unheard of at this time. On the opposite spectrum the goddess Artemis would protect women who didn't want to be married. This goddess was said to have killed husbands who were abusive and bad for their wives. Human life coming to an end was also explained with the gods. Thanatos, a god similar to today's Death, would kill humans and had them off to Hermes, the messenger god, who would lead the souls to the underworld where the god Hades rules. This explained death and was the idea that the Greeks had for life after
People did not have the means at this time to explain why things happen with nature and in the surrounding world. They used gods as a means to somewhat understand how things in this …show more content…
In order to keep people from not drinking too much and causing trouble the Greeks knew of this god called Dionysus. He was the god of wine and he was known to get drunk. When he was drunk bad things would happen like rioting. He was used to discourage drinking because of the problems it could cause. Love was explained through the goddess Aphrodite, who was very beautiful. War was explained through the god Aries who had blood lust and would fight against other gods. He would cause men to fight each other and before battle they would worship him to bring luck to their side. Forced marriage was common at this time. Hera, the wife of Zeus, was the goddess of marriage. She would make sure marriages would stay a thing and prevent divorce or splitting up, which was very uncommon or unheard of at this time. On the opposite spectrum the goddess Artemis would protect women who didn't want to be married. This goddess was said to have killed husbands who were abusive and bad for their wives. Human life coming to an end was also explained with the gods. Thanatos, a god similar to today's Death, would kill humans and had them off to Hermes, the messenger god, who would lead the souls to the underworld where the god Hades rules. This explained death and was the idea that the Greeks had for life after