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They embodied moral tales, to illustrate good, bad, consequences and how it happened, to guide listeners along the path of life.
The values they taught were not necessarily the values we value today. Their underlying philosophy was to do nothing which harms yourself, and to push this, the teaching was about not doing anything which would promote self-harm.
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ProfessorThe Ancient Greeks utilized poetry and fables (or, more generally, stories) to teach values to their youth and to each other in various ways. One way arrived at religious festival-times, with plays and poetry being offered up as reminders of what it means to be good, or at least to be a good Greek. Another way was more ordinary but perhaps even more powerful: famous stories such as the Homeric epics were very nearly the equivalent of the modern "popular" television shows, as they were recited quite often, in formal and informal situations alike, and as nearly everyone was able to quote from them, and as they cemented society with frequent reminders of basic customs, principles, and values of importance.
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What was mythology used for in ancient Greece?
They are the religion of the ancient Greeks.
Where do the fables came from?
fables and myths were storeys probably based on true events or an analogy used to teach children about the world these would of been passed down orally until they were recorded but during the time that they were passed down orally the story is exaggerated like in a game of Chinese whispers - were it starts of as " Frank killed the monster on Friday" and it ends up like " frank killed a gigantic fire-breathing monster who had 16 eyes on Monday, after and epic battle that lasted 3days" leading us to wonder whether the stories are true or not, certainly many of them have elements of truth fables are just stories that teach people, they would of also been passed down orally though generations until recorded. there are also modern fables such as " an inspector calls" and "an illustrated man"
Where did chiron teach heroes?
Mount Pelion in Thessalia (Thessaly)
Is there a career in greek mythology?
In my school you can teach Classical Civilisation - it teaches greek mythology charactars and Homer, but I think it involves other things as well. Plus, you have to be able to teach History as well.
What skills did Athena teach to humans?
Taught them in combat and chariot racing.
