Greek mythology

Greek mythology

As you might already know, monotheism is the belief of there being only on God. Therefore, polytheism is the belief of there being more than one God.

Greeks were polytheistic, but unlike other cultures their Gods looked like humans and acted like them.

There were three Gods living in the Olympus, Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. Zeus was the main God, most temples have been built to worship him; he was the God of the skies, lightning and the universe itself. Hades was the God of the underworld and the dead; few temples have been built after him. The last brother is Poseidon, God of marine life and earthquakes, many important leaders would pray to him, an example is king Minos.

In ancient Greece, there were also people who were said to be oracles. Oracles were wise people who could provide wise predictions of the future.