GREEK CULTURE

Greek mythology can be defined as the body of myths and legends of ancient Greece. It includes Greek gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. For ancient Greeks mythology was a part of their religion. Modern scholars study Greek myths in an attempt to throw new light on the religious and political institutions of ancient Greece, on its civilization and to understand the nature of myth-making itself.Mythology is everywhere in the Greek world. It is explicitly included in a large collection of narratives and implicitly included in representational arts, such as vase-paintings and votive gifts. Greek mythology explains the origins of the world and describes in detail the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, and mythological creatures. These accounts were initially disseminated in different oral-poetic traditions.