Greek Gods

Greek Gods

Name: Ibrahim Saleh

Teacher: Abi Samra NADA

Grade: 9 (1) Brevet

Greek mythology is the ritual observances of the Ancient Greeks, who became the first western Civilization about 2000 B.C. It consists mainly of a body of diverse stories or legends about a variety of gods. Greek mythology became fully developed by about the 700s B.C. The traditional Greek religion was pagan polytheism, meaning that it included many gods and other supernatural beings. Many of the ideas about the gods were inherited from the Middle East. At that time, the people had to honor the gods to thank them for blessings received and to receive blessings in return.

The people pleased the gods by sacrificing animals and other kinds of food, or decorating there statues and temples with art, offering prayers, holding festivals, and so on. The gods became angry when the people preformed sacrifices improperly, violated the sanctity of a temple, or broke there sworn word. The Greeks believed that the angry gods inflicted punishments such as famine, earthquakes, epidemics or defeat in war.

The Greeks believed that the Greek Gods chose mount. Olympus the highest peek in Greece, a home for them. On Olympus, the gods formed a society that ranked them interims of the authority and powers. However, the gods could roam freely, and individual gods became associated with three main domains, the sky, the sea, and the earth. The Greek Religion involved 12 main or important gods, also known as the Olympians. Their leader was Zeus, god of the sky. The other 11 gods were Hera, Zeus's wife, and the goddess of marriage. Aphrodite, goddess of love, Apollo, god of the sun, Ares, god of war, Artemis, goddess of nature, Athena, goddess of wisdom and war, Demeter, goddess of grain and the harvest, Dionysus, god of wine and pleasure, Hephaestus, god of fire, Hermes, messenger of the gods, Poseidon, god of the sea.

Picture of the 12 Olympian Gods