Mythology Greek gods

Zeus I believe is figurative of Satan, he came into power by conquering Antagonus the highest god in power. There are several gods in mythology all under the highest god Zeus. This all of coarse seems to be a repeat of the Holy Bible where we read that Lucifer tried to take the throne of God (Jehovah) and was cast out of Heaven along with one third of the Host of Heaven. The Angels that kept not their first estate are now held in chains of darkness until Judgment Day at the Great White Throne. Only this way in Mythology Satan tells the story he won the war and shows how himself and all his gods under him, he rules.

I have gathered some information from various writers

Greek mythology also developed in part from the primitive religions of the people of Crete (Kríti), an island in the Aegean Sea where the region's first civilization arose about 3000 BC. These people believed that all natural objects had spirits, and that certain objects, or fetishes, had special magical powers. Over time, these beliefs developed into a set of legends involving natural objects, animals, and gods with a human form. Some of these legends survived as part of classical Greek mythology


Perseus in Myth

Perseus was in the movie "Clash Of The Titans", and the movie pretty well sums up everything to me about all this Greek god stuff that Satan has hatched up. Although I have my suspicions about the Central Plateau in Antonia were the ancient city Konya (Iconium) is. I feel somehow the Greek Myths have started there for some reason, brought into this second world from the first world of Noah's time. The whole area including Mystery Babylon, and Troy the City famous for the Trojan Horse

Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danae.

 When Perseus was grown up Polydectes sent him to attempt the conquest of Medusa, a terrible monster who had laid waste the country. She was once a beautiful maiden whose hair was her chief glory, but as she dared to vie in beauty with Athena, the goddess deprived her of her charms and changed her beautiful ringlets into hissing serpents. She became a cruel monster of so frightening an aspect that no living thing could behold her without being turned into stone. All around the cavern where she dwelt might be seen the stony figures of men and animals which had chanced to catch a glimpse of her and had been petrified with the sight. Perseus, favored by Athena and Hermes, the former of whom lent him her shield and the latter his winged shoes, approached Medusa while she slept, and taking care not to look directly at her, but guided by her image reflected in the bright shield which he bore, he cut off her head and gave it to Athena, who fixed it in the middle of her Aegis.

The Hellenic Greeks arriving after the Dorian Invasion, was generally patriarchal religion, where gods such as Zeus, the all-powerful father of gods and men, became more prevalence. So the earth and fertility goddesses of the Bronze Age were shoved back into the background.

Unlike the Judaic and Christian religions, Greek religion have no creed. Writing on Greek religion was mainly found in mythology, not in holy book like the Bible. The closest thing we have on Greek religion is the Homeric Hymns, which was compiled from the period of 7th century to 6th century BC, and some scattered Orphic poems from the 6th century BC onwards. Yet, even this is mainly mythological in contents. Each hymns either give an account of the gods' lives or a simple description of the deities. It is not a work on rituals.

There are many customs and festival of the religious natures, but they varied from city to city. Festivals in Attica and Boeotia are better documented than the other cities. Various activities may be involved with festivals, such as sacrifice, fasting, procession, athletic and music contests.

With Greek cults, anyone could participate. It was usually the rulers or nobles who make sacrifices to the gods, not the priests. Priests seemed to be caretaker of the temple or sanctuary, but it was left with others who decided on any offerings to the gods.

Also around these times (Iron Age), some cults have emerged, because some people were unsatisified with the official religions. These cults had developed their own belief, teaching and rituals. Only the initiated of these cults could understand their rituals, which were kept secret from the public. These secret religious cults were called Mystery Religions.

Tales of gods and heroes in mythology have already been developed, before the Greek alphabets was developed and perhaps long before Homer had first written the Iliad (8th century BC). Greek myths were developed and refined by bards through oral traditions.

The Hellenic newcomers (Greeks), such as the Aeolians, Dorians and Ionians were illiterate. They were illiterate for at least a couple of centuries (12th-9th century BC) during the new Iron Age.

So it was the bards who kept alive the myths, by memorising verses, as each bard sang the tale or song in front of audience. Their audiences were usually ruler or nobles and their court. It wasn't until the Greeks began to write again, that the myths and legends were recorded.

Two early writers had greatly influences on writings of later authors. Homer was the earliest and the greatest. Homer wrote two masterpieces, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey". It is uncertain if Homer wrote both works, since modern scholars debated that the styles of writing were different. Which ever was the case, Homer was the first to tell of these tales. These tales existed before it was written down, and was transmitted between bard and his apprentice, from generation to generation. When Homer had written them down, the two epic poems had already flowered, and much of the songs of Achilles and Odysseus were already developed. Homer, himself may have few details here and there.

The Iliad was epic poetry, set in the last stage of the Trojan War, which centred on the heroes – Achilles and Hector. While the Odyssey take place after the war, concerning the fabulous voyage and homecoming of the hero Odysseus. Throughout both books, Homer alluded to other tales, such as Seven Against Thebes, the battle between Lapiths and Centaurs, and the infidelity of Aphrodite with her lover Ares.

Another work, once ascribed to Homer, was the "Homeric Hymns", however spanned several centuries and composed by different writers (7th-6th century BC). They were hymns that were dedicated to various gods and goddesses. The largest of these hymns were contained stories of Demeter, Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite and Dionysus. The rest were shorter in lengths.

The other great writer of Homer's period was Hesiod (perhaps a bit later than Homer). Hesiod wrote two great works, but there are many smaller works that were also ascribed to him. The "Works and Days" and the "Theogony" were the only genuine works of Hesiod. They tell us of the creation of the world, the war between gods and the Deluge (Greek version of Flood).


 

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