The Greek gods were personifications of forces of nature and abstract ideals, like victory or sleep. They Greeks made the gods in their own image, giving them all-too-human personalities and traits (such as hubris, lust and jealousy).
IT was their religion to beileven themBecause human beings have imaginations and the mind thinks about abstractions, such as "why are we here?" and "is there a God who created all this?" Since the answers to these questions are a mystery, people will tend to make up their own explanations to satisfy their need for comfort that they are not alone in the universe and that their existence has meaning. Different cultures at different times have come up with their own unique concept of God (or Gods, as the case may be). The Ancient Greeks made up a pantheon of gods that resembled mankind in their looks and attitudes.
All the Greek gods and goddesses had Roman names,with the exception of Apollo and Calypso,maybe more.The Romans were intrigued with the Greek legends and stories,so they made up their own gods with close relations with the Greeks,but with different names.In case you didn't know,Poseidon's Roman counterpart is Neptune.=)
The Roman gods were there, with names and stories. When the Romans got closer contact with the Greeks, they found the the Greek gods were similar and incorporated some of the Greek stories into their own.
The Roman Empire came to include the whole Mediterranean area including Greece, and the Romans soon loved everything Greek, also their gods and the myths about them. The Romans just took the Greek Gods and the myths about them, Romanized their names and claimed them as their own.
The Greek gods were personifications of forces of nature and abstract ideals, like victory or sleep. They Greeks made the gods in their own image, giving them all-too-human personalities and traits (such as hubris, lust and jealousy).
According to Greek myth, when Prometheus made man, he wanted to give them a special gift. But his brother, Epimetheus, had given all the gifts to the other animals that had been made. So, Prometheus, knowing man was special, made him walk upright, in the image of the gods, and gave him fire, such as only the gods themselves could harness. So, the Greeks made statues of their gods in their own image, since if mankind was made to look like the gods, they must have the same form. The reality of it is that we create gods in our own image, and the Greek sculptors use the only form they knew, the human form, to represent their gods.
Greeks honoured their gods by conducting religious festivals and sacrifices, rituals and praying in temples.
They put many on Mount Olympus. But there were many scattered around doing their special jobs. Then there were the hero-ancestors and the household gods belonging to individual families. Basically, they were like humans because that is how humankind has created gods. It was a case of not 'god created man in his own image' but 'man created god in his own image', which also applies today.
IT was their religion to beileven themBecause human beings have imaginations and the mind thinks about abstractions, such as "why are we here?" and "is there a God who created all this?" Since the answers to these questions are a mystery, people will tend to make up their own explanations to satisfy their need for comfort that they are not alone in the universe and that their existence has meaning. Different cultures at different times have come up with their own unique concept of God (or Gods, as the case may be). The Ancient Greeks made up a pantheon of gods that resembled mankind in their looks and attitudes.
Yes the gods and goddesses have their own temples so Greeks could go and worship them and ask for help.
They believed in their own mythological religion. It consisted of gods, goddesses, demons, titans, monsters, and titans
Genesis 1 verse 26 says we are the created in gods own image.
That we are very much like him, only we are very sinful.
The Greeks believed in all of the gods and goddesses, while everyone had their own god that they worshipped the most. Farmers worshipped Demeter in hopes of a bountiful harvest. Warriors would worship Athena or Ares, so they could be great in battle.
I'm guessing you are referring to the statement in the Bible in Genesis "God made man in his own image." We are not told if the animals are made in anyone's image.
The Greeks would probably think their gods did the same sports as they did. Other gods would have their own sports they govern. For example: Artemis was the goddess of the Hunt so her sport was hunting and archery.