Pytheistic Vs Greek Mythology

theology: Polytheistic based on the beliefs that there were many olympian gods and goddesses. The gods were immortal, however they were not all good or all powerful. They had to obey fate which overrode all of their powers and wills. Spirits, monsters and other mythological beings afterlife: the greeks believe that when they die their spirits go to the “underworld”. Hades was the god and ruler of the underworld. Unless proper rituals were performed, the deceased person’s spirit would never reach the underworld and it would haunt the upper world as a ghost forever. mythology: the greek religion had an extensive mythology, consisting largely of the gods and how they affected humans on Earth e.g. Pandora’s Box morality: one of the most important
moral concepts to the Greeks was a fear of committing hubris, which constituted many things, from rape to desecration of a corpse. It was a crime in the city-state of Athens. Although pride and vanity were not considered sins themselves, the greeks emphasized moderation. Pride only became hubris when it went to extremes, like any other vice. The same was thought of eating and drinking. Anything done to excess was not considered proper. Ancient Greeks placed, for example, importance on athletics and intellect equally. In fact many of their competitions included both. Pride was not evil until it became all-consuming or hurtful to others.