Do you belive that there were once Greek Gods?
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The ancient Greeks developed their gods as a way of explaining the universe and the causalities of day to day living.  The were big on developing ideas and loved to make aguements with philosophy- read Plato or Aristotle, but they didn't like testing their ideas all that much. This was long before the scientific method was developed.\n     If there was any reality to their conception of the gods is a different question.  Keep in mind that the lost city of Troy, central to greco-roman mythology, was considered myth until it was discovred in the 1870s.  \n     Other cultures have used gods/religion as a way of explaining things as well.  The Judeo-Christian god has its share of stories as well.\n     Bottom line is there is no proof on these gods, but who's to say otherwise?
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The creator of all things was either Re, Amun, Ptah, Khnum or Aten, depending on which version of the myth was currently in use. The heavens were represented by Hathor, Bat, and Horus. Osiris was an earth god as was Ptah. The annual flooding of the Nile was Hapi. Storms, evil and confusion were Seth. His counterpart was Ma'at, who represented balance, justice and truth. The moon was Thoth and Khonsu. Re, the sun god, took on many forms, and transcended most of the borders that contained the other gods. The actual shape of the sun, the disk (or, aten), was deified into another god, Aten. \n\n \n\nAs stated earlier, certain gods were worshipped in different areas. Local cities or villages, known as nomes, often had unique gods that were known only to that region. On occasion, these gods attained country -wide recognition and became the myths and legends that were passed on from century to century. Below is a listing of the main gods and their primary place of worship. \n\nAmaunet - A female counterpart to Amon and one of the primordial gods of the Hermopolitian Ogdoad (group of eight gods). She was also worshipped at Thebes along with Amon and Mut. \n\nAmon - Usually associated with the wind, or things hidden, and was also of the Hermopolitian Ogdoad. At Thebes he became Amon-Re, king of the gods. He was part of the Theban Triad, along with Mut and Khonsu. \n\nAntaios - He was originally a double god, "the two falcons", that was later joined to create one, probably that of Horus. \n\nAnuket - Worshipped at Elephantine, she was associated with the gazelle. \n\nApis - Seen as the bull with a solar disk between its horns, Apis was associated with Osiris and Ptah. \n\nAton - Also known as Aten, he was worshipped at Tell 'Amarna. \n\nAtum - A primordial god that was represented in the form of a human and a serpent. He was the supreme god in the Heliopolitan Ennead (group of nine gods) and formed with Re to create Re-Atum. \n\nHathor - The goddess of love, dance and alcohol was depicted as a cow. At Thebes she was also the goddess of the dead. She was worshipped at Dendera as the consort of Horus and Edfu, and was associated with Isis at Byblos. \n\nHorus - The earliest royal god was the shape of a falcon, with the sun and moon as his eyes. The sky-god was the ruler of the day. The many forms of Horus are; Re-Harakhti, Harsiesis, Haroeris, Harendotes, Khenti-irti, Khentekhtay (the crocodile-god), and Harmakhis, which is Horus on the horizons, in which the Sphinx of Giza is considered to be his aspect. \n\nIsis - The mother of Horus and sister and consort of Osiris was worshipped at Philae. Associated with Astarte, Hathor, Nut and Sothis, she was later worshipped over the entire Roman Empire. \n\nKhnum - Resembling a human with a rams head, he was worshipped in Hypselis, Esna, Antinoe and Elephantine. \n\nKhonsu - the moon god was the son of Amon and Mut. The main temple at Karnak is dedicated to him. \n\nMin - God of fertility coalesced with Amon and Horus. Min was mainly worshipped at Coptos and Akhmim. \n\nMut - Worshipped at Thebes, she was a consort of Amon and part of the Theban Triad (group of three gods). \n\nNut - Mother of the sun, moon and heavenly bodies. \n\nOsiris - He is regarded as the dead king that watches over the nether world and is rejuvenated in his son Horus. As the symbol of eternal life he was worshipped at Abydos and Philae. \n\nPtah - Worshipped in Memphis, he coalesced with Sokaris and Osiris. \n\nRe - He was the sun god of Heliopolis. From the fifth Dynasty onwards he becomes a national god and is combined with the supreme deity Amon. \n\nSerapis - He was mainly worshipped in Alexandria and was later worshipped by the Greeks as Zeus. He was never fully accepted by the Egyptians in the Ptolemaic period. \n\nSekhmet - She was part of the Memphite Triad with Ptah and Nefertem. She was the mistress of war and sickness. \n\nSeth - The son of Geb and Nut in the Heliopolitan Ennead was in the for
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The following passages are used without permission and address the Greek names of the gods.\n\nThe Twelve Olympians, also known as the Dodekatheon (Greek: δωδεκα, dodeka, "twelve" + θεον, theon, "of the gods"), in Greek religion, were the principal gods of the Greek pantheon, residing atop Mount Olympus. There were, at various times, seventeen different gods recognized as Olympians, though never more than twelve at one time.\n\nZeus, Hera, Poseidon, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, and Artemis are always considered Olympians. Hebe, Helios, Hestia, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, and Persephone are the variable gods among the Twelve. Hestia gave up her position as an Olympian to Dionysus in order to live among mankind (eventually she was assigned the role of tending the fire on Mount Olympus); while he sometimes would not accept the offer of being an Olympian god. Persephone spent three months of the year in the underworld (causing the barren landscape of summer), and was allowed to return to Mount Olympus for the other nine months in order to be with her mother, Demeter; who, during this time, would be in woe and not be with the Olympians. And, although Hades was always one of the principal Greek gods, his home in the underworld of the dead made his connection to the Olympians more tenuous. In some accounts, Helios gave up his seat for Apollo. In even rarer, but definite accounts, Hebe, the gods' cupbearer is an Olympian herself, but gave up her job as cupbearer to marry Heracles who became an Olympian upon his death.\n\nRoman names:\nZeus = Jupiter\nHera = Juno\nPoseidon = Neptune\nAres = Mars\nHermes = Mercury\nHephaestus = Vulcan\nAphrodite = Venus\nAthena = Minerva\nApollo = Apollo\nArtemis = Diana\nHebe = Juventas\nHelios = Sol\nHestia = Vesta\nDemeter = Ceres\nDionysus = Bacchus\nHades = Pluto\nPersephone = Prosperina\nHeracles = Hercules\n\nPlease take time to vote for the best answer.
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Where did you get that!? lmao There are no Goddesses in Christianity; there is only one God.
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Ancient Greek society was very experimental.  Therefore, it is rumored that many "gave the other team" a try.  From there I'll allow you to use your own imagination.
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May be, it depends how well we correlate our history with mythology. But in some ancient civilizations like India, Greece u indeed find many similarities.
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Which god? There seems to be more than one anyway. Maybe they have elections every few centuries or something.
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The Greek Gods were believed to live on top of Mount Olympus. At that time it was not feasible to go to the top of Olympus and make a definitive assessment that there were no gods up there. In the modern era, we have been able to ascertain this beyond any reasonable doubt.\n\nWe have also been able to ascertain beyond reasonable doubt that 1) the universe is a lot more than 6,000 years old; 2) the earth is not the center of the universe, or even the solar system; 3) for God to sit above the circle of the world (Isaiah 40:22) is geometrically and geographically impossible; 4) having only one human parent is genetically impossible, and anyway, there are much more compelling explanations for a child being born less than 9 months after his parents' wedding; and 5) in the absence of a coroner, it's pretty easy to decide someone is dead, and then have them come back to life without a miracle. \n\nSo to most educated people in the modern world, such religions are already considered mythology. It's just that there are still an awful lot of uneducated people in the world, who still cling to their superstitious belief structures in the face of overwhelming evidence. They will probably continue to do so for many years to come.
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that was at beginning in antic mythology, when the RA it was the god, the sun , the life & Egyptians do really have a cult of Ra...but it's history...you always can read about that
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Awesome question.  God and his pantheon.  Awesome!
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Probably not, as there is some link between the Olympian sky gods and those that evolved into the Hindu pantheon.  The remainder were indigenous native spirits and animal totems plus a very strong goddess cult represented by such goddesses as Rhea, Hera, Athena, Demeter and Kore (Persephone), plus many others, often arranged into triads.\n\n["Nephilim" comes from the Bible, and means "fallen ones," though it has also been translated as "giants."]
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I think that was before Alexander.  So if it even existed, Greece was probably a Monarchy... I think...
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Well, you do remember the story about Archimedes, don't you?
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The Greek Creation Myth
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I like your logic, and I agree.  I believe all gods are one God, just different names/aspects.  The supreme ruler is an IMMENSE being, and mere humans with our human brains cannot possibly interpret the whole thing as it is.  So we look at aspects of the supreme being.  I see one part, and you see another part.  But we're seeing the same Being.
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the first thing you need to do is examine the question:  how old is greek mythology?  pretty old, of course.  but it's not older than egyptian mythology, and norse mythology evolved totally independent of greek mythology.  so there's a good case that people are going to have mythology whether there was a special greek kind or not.  your teacher should be looking for this answer.  in any case, focus on the dates and show that mythology was alive and well both before the greek sort and after and you're golden.
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A Greek God...damn you are FINE!!  :)