Greek Mythology: Influences and Effect to Greek Civilization
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
“Mythos”- a Greek word meaning “tale” and the origin of the word mythology; according to the dictionary mythology means, a traditional story aiming to explain the meaning of things concerning deities and demigods.
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 Mediterranean served as a basin for the early civilizations. The rich history of the Mediterranean led the world to change its views and led to the enlightenment of the world to the principles of life especially during the time of the classical civilization of the Greeks and the Romans. The impacts left by Greece to the world was mostly through its mythology and during the time of ancient Greece, Greek mythology also influenced the life style and religion of the Greeks, especially because Greek mythology served as the primary basis of Greek belief it became the nearest thing the Greeks have to a holy bible. These mythologies served as one of the center of Greek life and these mythologies served as their basis for their life and in turn the mythologies shaped the very fabric of the Greek life style, culture, religion that we know today.
The author intends to study in this paper the history of Ancient Greece that has influenced Greek Mythology and in turn it changed and influenced the religion and life style of the Greeks.
Chapter II
Pre-greek inhabitants The word mythology started with the Greek word mythos, meaning “tale” or “speech”. Truly, mythology is a story of how things started to be such as how man was created, and how the gods influenced the growth of all living things, like how the season change and
INTRODUCTION
“Mythos”- a Greek word meaning “tale” and the origin of the word mythology; according to the dictionary mythology means, a traditional story aiming to explain the meaning of things concerning deities and demigods.
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 Mediterranean served as a basin for the early civilizations. The rich history of the Mediterranean led the world to change its views and led to the enlightenment of the world to the principles of life especially during the time of the classical civilization of the Greeks and the Romans. The impacts left by Greece to the world was mostly through its mythology and during the time of ancient Greece, Greek mythology also influenced the life style and religion of the Greeks, especially because Greek mythology served as the primary basis of Greek belief it became the nearest thing the Greeks have to a holy bible. These mythologies served as one of the center of Greek life and these mythologies served as their basis for their life and in turn the mythologies shaped the very fabric of the Greek life style, culture, religion that we know today.
The author intends to study in this paper the history of Ancient Greece that has influenced Greek Mythology and in turn it changed and influenced the religion and life style of the Greeks.
Chapter II
Pre-greek inhabitants The word mythology started with the Greek word mythos, meaning “tale” or “speech”. Truly, mythology is a story of how things started to be such as how man was created, and how the gods influenced the growth of all living things, like how the season change and