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Greek religion was a mixture of old Minoan beliefs, Central Asian gods that the Indo-Europeans brought to Greece, and West Asian ideas they got from their neighbors.
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06 Mar 14
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Greek religion was a mixture of old Minoan beliefs, Central Asian gods that the Indo-Europeans brought to Greece, and West Asian ideas they got from their neighbors.
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The most important spirits and gods were natural things like rain and how plants grew.
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04 Mar 14
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Greek religion was a mixture of old Minoan beliefs, Central Asian gods that the Indo-Europeans brought to Greece
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Most people also thought that you could control those gods and spirits through sacrifice, prayer, and living a good life.
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Sometime people who felt they needed a fresh start with the gods joined a mystery cult, where you did special rituals and sacrifices and tried to form a special, closer relationship with a particular god or spirit
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13 Dec 13
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religion was a mixture of old Minoan beliefs
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people in ancient Greece believed that there were invisible, powerful gods and spirits that could control what happened to you.
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important spirits and gods were natural things like rain and how plants grew.
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04 Feb 13
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Greek religion was a mixture of old Minoan beliefs, Central Asian gods that the Indo-Europeans brought to Greece, and West Asian ideas they got from their neighbors.
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Like all of those people, people in ancient Greece believed that there were invisible, powerful gods and spirits that could control what happened to you. Most people also thought that you could control those gods and spirits through sacrifice, prayer, and living a good life.
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If you controlled these successfully, you would have enough food, and if not, you might starve. People also tried to control other natural forces like earthquakes, volcanoes, ocean storms, and plagues. And they prayed to win battles and wars.
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Usually whole towns prayed and sacrificed together for these big things. When an earthquake or a plague hit a town, people thought it must be something the whole town had done wrong, or maybe something the rulers of the town had done wrong, like King Oedipus killing his father.
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In your own family, you prayed and sacrificed for a sick child, a safe trip, or success in a race or at school. People who were slaves prayed for their freedom.
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Most people thought it mattered how you behaved, too - good people had good things happen to them, and bad things happened to bad people. People told stories about the gods to teach children how to behave. Many stories warned against hubris - thinking you were better than the gods - and against greed and cheating.
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There were expensive oracles for rich people and towns, and simple oracles for ordinary people.
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eople asked what medicine a sick person should take, and whether this was a good time to start a new business or a war, and also philosophical questions like what was the most beautiful thing?
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For most people in ancient Greece, the gods were always around them, paying attention to everything they did, and an important part of success in life was keeping on the right side of the gods.
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In the Archaic period, most people didn't think much about life after death, but gradually people began to think about the afterlife more, until by the Hellenistic period, about 200 BC, a lot of people did think that good people went to heaven and bad people went to hell.
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05 Jun 12
Kathleen HUse the Quick Find feature to search Kidipede for your god or goddess. There is a list of myths on this front page.
Karen Carr. Kidipede. 2012. -
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justin vana source that also includes how to teach greek myth to kids
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The religious beliefs of Classical Greece can be interpreted in many different ways.
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gods.
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And different people probably have different reasons for believing a story
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Or the same person may believe a story for several different reasons. Not everyone believes all the stories, either: different people may tell different stories.
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And people may tell one story in one situation, and a different story in a different situation, whatever seems to fit.
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easons why they might have told these stories and not other ones
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15 Jun 09
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Greece can be interpreted in many different ways. Nobody can be sure how or why people believe a certain story about their gods. And different people probably have different reasons for believing a story (or a myth - myth is another word for a story). Or the same person may believe a story for several different reasons.
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