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    Greek mythology is a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works. The ancient Greeks believed the gods caused natural or historical events. They also believed the goddess of agriculture, Demeter, created the seasons.

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    Greek mythology is a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works. The ancient Greeks believed the gods caused natural or historical events. They also believed the goddess of agriculture, Demeter, created the seasons.

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    MythsExplaintheWorld

    TheancientGreeksbelievedinmanygods.ThesegodswereatthecenterofGreekmythology
    abodyofstoriesaboutgodsandheroesthattrytoexplainhowtheworldworks.Eachstory,or
    myth,explainednaturalorhistoricalevents.

    GreekGods

    Peopletodayhavescientificexplanationsforeventslikethunder,earthquakes,andvolcanic
    eruptions.TheancientGreeksdidnot.Theybelievedtheirgodscausedtheseeventsto
    happen,andtheycreatedmythstoexplainthegodsactions.

    AmongthemostimportantGreekgodsweretheonesinthepicturebelow:
    Zeus,kingofthegods
    Hera,queenofthegods
    Poseidon,godofthesea
    Hades,godoftheunderworld
    Demeter,goddessofagriculture
    Hestia,goddessofthehearth
    Athena,goddessofwisdom
    Apollo,godofthesun
    Artemis,goddessofthemoon
    Ares,godofwar
    Aphrodite,goddessoflove
    Hephaestus,godofmetalworking
    Dionusus,godofcelebration
    Hermes,themessengergod

    GodsandMythology

    TheGreekssawtheworkofthegodsineventsallaroundthem.Forexample,theGreekslived
    inanareawherevolcaniceruptionswerecommon.Toexplaintheseeruptions,theytoldstories
    aboutthegodHephaestus(hiFEStuhs),wholivedunderground.Thefireandlavathatpoured
    outofvolcanoes,theGreekssaid,camefromthehugefiresofthegodsforge.Atthisforgehe
    createdweaponsandarmorfortheothergods.

    TheGreeksdidnotthinkthegodsspentalltheirtimecreatingdisasters,though.Theyalso
    believedthegodscauseddailyevents.Forexample,theybelievedthegoddessofagriculture,
    Demeter(diMEEtuhr),createdtheseasons.AccordingtoGreekmyth,Demeterhada

    daughterwhowaskidnappedbyanothergod.Thedesperategoddessbeggedthegodtolether
    daughtergo,andeventuallyheagreedtoletherreturntohermotherforsixmonthseveryyear.
    Duringthewinter,Demeterisseparatedfromherdaugherandmissesher.Inhergrief,she
    doesntletplantsgrow.Whenherdaughtercomeshome,thegoddessishappy,andsummer
    comestoGreece.TotheGreeks,thisstoryexplainedwhywintercameeveryyear.

    HeroesandMythology

    NotallGreekmythswereaboutgods.Manytoldabouttheadventuresofgreatheroes.Someof
    theseheroeswererealpeople,whileotherswerenot.TheGreekslovedtotellthestoriesof
    heroeswhohadspecialabilitiesandfacedterriblemonsters.Thepeopleofeachcityhadtheir
    favoritehero,usuallysomeonefromthere.

    ThepeopleofAthens,forexample,toldstoriesabouttheheroTheseus.Accordingtolegendhe
    traveledtoCreteandkilledtheminotaur,aterriblemonsterthatwashalfhumanandhalfbull.
    PeoplefromnorthernGreecetoldmythsaboutJasonandhowhesailedacrosstheseasin
    searchofagreattreasure,fightingenemiesthewholeway.

    PerhapsthemostfamousofalltheGreekheroeswasamancalledHerakles.Themyths
    explainhowHeraklesfoughtmanymonstersandperformednearlyimpossibletasks.For
    example,hefoughtthehydra,ahugesnakewithnineheadsandpoisonousfangs.Everytime
    Heraklescutoffoneofthemonstersheads,twomoreheadsgrewinitsplace.Intheend,
    Herakleshadtoburnthehydrasneckeachtimehecutoffaheadtokeepanewheadfrom
    growing.PeoplefromallpartsofGreeceenjoyedstoriesaboutHeraklesandhisgreatdeeds.

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    1. Whatismythology?
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    2. HowdidGreeksusemythstoexplaintheworldaroundthem?
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