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Greek Mythology
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Greek Mythology What was so appealing about the myths of the Greeks that allowed for these stories to take the cultural significance they did and fulfill the religious need of the Greek people? This religion and the stories that composed it lasted for thousands of years. There was no real consistency to the religion. Homer told stories of a bleak and dismal afterlife while Plato believed there would be a final judgment that would lead the good to a good place and the evil to a place of evil. And one of the primary and attractive features to the religion is that it was incredibly accepting. It allowed people to incorporate their local gods as long as they were still willing to participate and honor the higher gods and the traditions that accompanied them. Another aspect that helped the religion to be accepting was that there were numerous gods that represented almost every aspect of life and allowed people to worship whoever they chose. If fact, what made the religion so appealing was the fact that the religion itself encompassed every area of the Greek society and the life of every member was organized and built around the religion and it’s gods. The origins of the Greek myths/gods have been lost in time, but we do know the Greek people were Indo-Europeans and “the names of their gods go back to Indo-European prototypes (Price 16).
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