How Did Mythology Impact Ancient Greek Culture

The culture of Greek mythology has impacted modern culture. The first ever written origin story of greek mythology took place around 700 B.C. (Athena) Greek mythology impacted modern culture by the way people live and even design houses today. The religion of greek culture is based on time-honored observances and was rooted in the Bronze Age. Their religion was not based on toe thora or the christian bible, but it was based off of exchange. Individual worshipers where to give gifts to gods and goddesses as an expression of thanks, especially zeus the father of all gods. Athena the daughter of Zeus or is better known as the favorite daughter of Zeus. Athena also named Athene was one of the three virgin goddesses. (Athena) Athena came right out
An example is Athena and Hera as they fought against Paris in the Trojan war. (Athena) In 1260-1250 BC the Trojan war took place. The golden apple which was known as the Apple of Discord was given to Athena, Hera and Aphrodite. The three goddesses were commanded by Zeus to take the Apple to Paris. The contest turned into a bribery and not about beauty. Athena offered wisdom, skill for battles and the ability of warriors. Hera offered Paris the ability to control Asia and political powers. Aphrodite finally offered the attention and love from attractive women all over the world. Paris choose the beautiful women around the world, and luckily paris and Hera fell in love. The problem here was that Hera was married to the king of sparta Menelaus. The news finally reached to Sparta and Greece. Menelaus’ brother Mycenae heard the news first and was very upset. So in anger he sent an army to Troy, that's when Agamemnon and with the help of others came up with the Trojan horse. The trojan horse sat right outside the city of Troy to signify the end of the war. The greeks hid outside, and at night they snuck in and killed the entire city but women and children. The women and children were sold as slaves and Hera returned to her husband. Athena is an important goddess to many people and gods in every culture. She is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law, justice, strategic warfare, mathematics, art,
The greeks would build buildings and statues to honor the gods and goddesses. Home life during the ancient greek times was very different compared to modern day. Many people lived in a village or the countryside. Most houses where small and made of sun dried mud brick.(“Ancient Greeks: Home Life”) After a few years the houses would crumble and later had to rebuild. Homes didn't usually have a bathroom but they had public ones. Only the rich had bathrooms and a better home life. Most gods would at least have 50 servants per household. Men and women would wear tunics or what they called them ‘chiton’. Women and most older men liked wearing the longer tunics but for the men they would wear them shorter. Many people wouldn't wear sandals or boots. (Ancient Greeks: Home Life) High boots were worn when horse riding. Suntans were not cool in ancient greece. Many women used white lead to look pale. The white lead they used was very harmful on their skin. It is obvious that the greeks liked to wear a lot of jewelry because they are found in the tombs where they were