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Greek sculptors and artists used inanimate objects as the subjects for their works of art.

The Greeks had many stories about the stars and how they influence men’s lives.

Hesiod, another famous ancient Greek poet and contemporary of Homer, was a wealthy senator

“Humanized gods” make heaven a pleasantly familiar place.

A familiar local habitation (such as a city) gave a sense of reality to the gods

The Greek gods were capricious, inconsistent, erratic and changeable

The Iliad and the Odyssey are attributed to Homer.

Magic was powerful in the world after the classical Greek era.

Hercules is like Greece. He fought monsters. Greece fought the idea of monstrous gods.

Hebrew tradition copied a Greek idea: “The invisible must be understood by the visible.”

The Egyptian gods were very similar to the Greek gods.

Mythology is Greek religion

Zeus strictly adheres to his own standard of morality

To escape the wrath of the fearful gods, early humans built boats to flee from them.

The gods were physically attractive, powerful and immortal

Greek gods were virtuous, kind and faithful

The gods were to be feared because they were very powerful and very dangerous when angry

The “Greek Miracle” = the birth and awakening of culture in Greece during the classical era.

Greek gods ate, drank, and partied

Latin poet, Ovid, told almost all of the mythology tales in great detail and length.

These myths also represent entertainment and early literature.

Horror, terror, and magic lurked in the primeval forest.

Early Greek epics relate information about ancient Greek intellect, art, and politics.

The imagination of the ancient Greeks was vividly alive and not closely restrained by reason.

In later myths Justice becomes Zeus’ companion; this change is a reversal of Zeus’ personality.

The Greeks did not fear the dead; they felt pity for them.

Zeus, who is the most important god, is also the rain god

The recording/preservation of early Greek mythology was largely due to the effort of priests.

The time era of the Iliad is approximately 100 BC.

First written record of ancient Greece is Beowulf.