2007-10-21 13:29:28 · 12 answers · asked by Emma Chica 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
For the same reason the Bible was
The fact is that they were religios stories. Some call it myth, other call it fact. Just like the Bible. What makes the Bible true and the Greeks untrue? As a Christian you might say "Because the Bible is true". Say who? God? Well, if one doesn't believe in that god, then all authority is lost.
The Bible is full of stories to explain the unexplainable as well. How we got here, why we do the things we do, why the world is where it is.....ALL myths are religious stories. Just depends on your religion.
2007-10-21 13:34:49 · answer #1 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were written to entertain ,explain and educate.
When they were written most were not considered myths and some would have been thought of as history and fact. The stories would give explanation for things the Greeks couldn't understand, teach them of their ancestors and their religion and give them something exciting to listen to and think about.
2007-10-22 12:39:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Greeks wrote those myths in the 1st place to explain super natural or things they couldn't explain, like why the sun sets and rises the way it does, or why is the sky blue and why are there 4 seasons, or things like that =)
2007-10-21 13:33:01 · answer #3 · answered by Ashley 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I suppose like any other myth, to explain or understand one's existence. Remember, the definition of "myth" does not necessarily mean "falsehood." Myths are normal developments in societies and culture throughout the millinia. Many Greek myths were simply syncranized from surrounding belief systems, therefore, not original, in and of itself.
2007-10-21 13:40:12 · answer #4 · answered by rkazbr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the time the Greeks/Romans believed what they wrote. They believed in Zeus and all the powers. Mythology came
way before the bible. It is the same reason that we believe in the bible today. Fear! Mythology had Gods for everything and punishment too! Same as God and the 10 commandments!
2007-10-21 14:30:44 · answer #5 · answered by Mammamia3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greek God Of Reason
2016-12-10 10:59:38 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were most likely written as a form of entertainment.
2007-10-22 08:38:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause they are wonderful stories than other boring stories, Somehow i dont like it
2007-10-21 13:32:49 · answer #8 · answered by Jian H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they were bored? Im just assuming here?
I write when Im bored
2007-10-21 15:08:16 · answer #9 · answered by CLOSED 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To give people something to read and be amused and then ask stupid questions because they believe what they read.
2007-10-21 15:39:11 · answer #10 · answered by Pustic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋