Important Points in this Chapter

IMPORTANT POINTS IN THIS CHAPTER

• Before the ancient Greeks, there were the Myceneans and Minoans in that area of the Mediterranean Sea, who lived before the Greeks and influenced ancient Greek culture.

• The time of the ancient Greeks began in the 8th century BCE after a 400-year period of the dark ages.

• Most of the early writings of Greek mythology came from the poetry of Homer and Hesiod, although the writing was added to over time.

• There is no specific creationist story that all of the ancient Greeks believed in.

• Greek mythology represents the best representation of Greek religion, even though there is no specific belief system but rather a series of stories that describe actions of gods and goddesses.

• There are many different species in Greek mythology that were part God, part human, and part animal or other creature.

• The five ages of man described by Hesiod are the best example we have of some type of history related to the Greek myths.