Greece and Athens are called the town of
culture and the town of trade. Also, they are called the town of religion. Greece
is the gateway to orient of traditional religion and Christianity. The trace of
culture existing there is only pieces of excavation. There is the era exciting
equally the heavens and the earth, both of them. It is ancient Greek era. Greek
mythology is the stories formed in the era. Greek mythology is made up of the
story showed the great power of many Gods. The others are the origins of world,
and the story of heroes. So, Greek mythology is formed three storied.
Show
the Greek mythology easily. The first, chaos is born in the space. The second,
Gods is born, ”Gaia (earth)”, “Tartaros (bottomless)”, “Eros (love)”. The next,
the story of nature world from “Gaia” become. The characteristic of Olympos’
Gods is that Gods is people has immortal and powerful ability. So, Greece
thought giving us ability is Gods. Therefore, God is terribly human nature and
has feelings not only ability. The purpose of living is drawing up with Gods.
Olympos’ 12 Gods is personality. They are strong self-assertion. There are many
Gods about nature in Olympos’ 12 Gods.
Typical,
the Greek mythology points the story of Olympos’ Gods. The Ancient Greece people
is made painting and sculpture, poem, literature on the Greek mythology. In present,
Greek mythology become the material of games and comics.
The Greek mythology is formed a long time ago (thousands year ago)
Bible was formed. It was brought down as teachings. It was told by not writing but
only mouth. The Greek mythology is formed by not one person but many people. In
ancient Greece, Greece is formed by many states (for example, Sparta, Athens). It
is called “Greece World (Society)”. Each of the states in Greece World had
myths and legends. The later, their myths and legends mixed, the new myths and
legends were established. Also, stories and poems were established on the
myths. Finally, Greek mythology is established on them. So, Greek mythology is
the myth refined by many people.
Greek mythology is
established in Homeros era (B.C.750). Homeros wrote “Ilias”, “Odysseia”. They are
epic poetry. They helped people understanding Greek mythology and the stories
of Gods. In other words, giving Greece Gods is Homeros. So, it is Bible. After 50
years ago from Homeros era, Hesiodos is the poem writing “The Theogony” showed
the origin of Gods. But the origin wrote by Hesiods is different in Homeros’s.
Greek mythology changed forms
by contacting other cultures. The deep relationship to Greek mythology is Roma
mythology. So, Greek mythology is established from Roma mythology. Also, Greek
mythology is similar to Japan mythology for example, Japan’s oldest historical
record “Kojiki”, the oldest chronicles of Japan “Nihonsyoki”. The point in common
of both is exsiting many Gods, apearing monster threatened to people, appearing
the hero disposed of the monsters. Their mythology is established from the same
roots, because the myths of western and eastern are similar. This same roots is
began in the Middle and Near East 15000 years ago.
