The Importance Of Ancient Greek Mythology

People wonder why the world is so obsessed with ancient Greek myths when there just stories that was told millenniums ago. Although if you looked at the number of Greek-themed books and movies today, people would see that the world is still dazzled by Greek myths even if they can’t explain why. People see something related to a Greek myth every day and they don’t even notice. These ancient myths gave us an inside look on how the Greek lived back in that time and how their minds worked. Not only did the Greeks give us things like the alphabet, the Greeks gave us interesting stories that make us think if these Greek myths were real or just fables. Ancient Greek mythology is still revenant to us today because it has shaped modern society, shown

Myths were created because the Greeks were curious of their existence. They did this to try and understand everything around them. The Greeks looked at the world and asked the question why. To establish some kind of order, to justify the way the gods cared for them. Mythology was rooted into society and altered the way people lived. These stories have been told to from generation to generations with messages about life, and life in society. For the Greeks, the god, and goddess and their different roles within society were their main focus in life. They were real to the Greeks. By telling the myths, traditions in the culture were talked about. People learn their place in the world, as well as how the universe worked. Also by sacrificing to the gods, and goddess they were capable of connecting to them. The myths were to help people realized what was wrong, and what was right. To show people that they weren’t immortal, and can be trialed as wrong in terrible

We see it all around us without realizing it. The Greeks learned about who they were in the world and helped us advance are knowledge. These myths have inspired millions of people. Without wise men like Aristotle, we wouldn’t have even known these stories existed. He and others are the reason why ancient Greek myths survived and are with us today. If the Greeks back then could see us today, I feel they would think are lives have similarities. People still get sad, and become angry. In fairytales we take amusement in things we haven’t seen or experience. And I believe that these ancient stories will still be relevant to the world a thousand years from