Comparing Greek Mythology And Religion

What is Greek Mythology?

Mythology is filled with many stories about gods and goddesses, as well as the many journeys they went on. Mythology is a collection of myths that belong to a specific culture or religion. Greek mythology is one of those specific cultures. Throughout Greek Mythology, the myths consist of tales about irony, adultery, morals, crimes, and human disputes.

In Hellenistic religion and mythology, the 12 olympian gods are the major deities of religion and myths. The gods consisted of Zues, Poseidon, Hera, Hestia and Demeter, Hades, and later on Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Athena, Hephaestus, Aphrodite and Ares. Over time the demigod dionysus became part of Olympus.

Greek Mythology vs Roman Mythology

If there is a Greek god,

Greek mythology precedes Roman mythology by over 1,000 years. For instance, Homer’s The Iliad was written 700 years before Roman civilization came into genesis.

Another crucial difference between Greek gods and Roman gods is in the physical appearance of the gods and goddesses. Greek gods had weighty importance placed on their physical characteristics, both beauty and ugliness.

Another fairly large difference between Greek and Roman mythology is the names of the gods and goddesses. In Roman mythology, deities are named after Roman objects and considered genderless, while Greek deities are named after their characteristics and traits. “As Greek gods predated Roman gods, Roman mythology would take the Greek deity and assign a Roman object that would fit the description of the Greek god” (Madeleine1). An example of this would be, Zeus the Greek king of the gods to Jupiter the Roman god.

The difference between mortal deeds is a major role. The Greeks believed the mortal heroes were just as important as their deities. Heroes in Greek mythology often taught life lessons just as important as the myth told about their

His first five siblings were devoured by Cronus as soon as they were born, because RHEA gave Cronus a swaddled rock instead of a swaddled Zues, he was able to grow up and save his siblings. They then overpowered their father and trapped him in the pits of tartarus. Had RHEA not swaddled a rock and given that to Cronus, Zeus would not have been able to save the world from mass destruction.

When Zeus took over Mount Olympus and became king of the gods, his siblings didn’t like his rule and tried to overthrow him by stealing his lighting bolts and tying him to his bed. Instead of acting out and punishing them cruelly, Zeus split the world with his brothers. Zeus ruled the sky, Poseidon ruled the seas, and Hades ruled the