Greek mythology does not just tell the stories of gods and goddesses, however. Eros (Cupid): god of sex and minion to Aphrodite.Hestia (Vesta): goddess of home and family.Other gods and goddesses sometimes included in the roster of Olympians are: Hermes (Mercury): god of travel, hospitality and trade and Zeus’s personal messenger.Hephaestus (Vulcan): god of fire, metalworking and sculpture.Dionysus (Bacchus): god of wine, pleasure and festivity.Demeter (Ceres): goddess of agriculture and grain.Athena (Minerva): goddess of wisdom and defense.Artemis (Diana): goddess of hunting, animals and childbirth.Apollo (Apollo): god of prophesy, music and poetry and knowledge.Aphrodite (Venus): goddess of beauty and love.Hera (Juno): the queen of the gods and goddess of women and marriage.Zeus (Jupiter, in Roman mythology): the king of all the gods (and father to many) and god of weather, law and fate.
Instead, the earliest Greek myths were part of an oral tradition that began in the Bronze Age, and their plots and themes unfolded gradually in the written literature of the archaic and classical periods of the ancient Mediterranean world. There is no single original text, like the Christian Bible or the Hindu Vedas, that introduces all Greek myths’ characters and stories. WATCH: Clash of the Gods on HISTORY Vault Sources of Greek Mythology
While many of these myths are fanciful tales, such as the legends of greedy King Midas or heroic Hercules, other stories like the Trojan War epic have a basis in historical fact.
Greek myths explained everything from religious rituals to the weather, and gave meaning to the world that people saw around them. Ancient Greek mythology is a vast and fascinating group of legends about gods and goddesses, heroes and monsters, warriors and fools, that were an important part of everyday life in the ancient world.
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