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Zeus did not tell stories, he was in them.
The Homeric poems.
Some examples of Greek heroes with happy endings in mythology include Perseus, who defeated Medusa and rescued Andromeda, and Hercules, who completed his labors and achieved immortality. These heroes overcame challenges and were rewarded with positive outcomes in their stories.
Greek mythology were stories of Ancient Greek gods and goddesses, but there were many stories about the heroes of the gods or goddesses that were half mortals, half immortals, like Hercules, for example. Also, Greek mythology stories explain of how things were made, living things and non-living things.
Before the invention of alphabetic writing, stories were passed around by wandering bards, who in a pre-TV age, provided entertainment. The main topics of the bard's entertainment was stories of heroes which they sung about. Some of these poems sung by the bards later became the subject of plays when theatre developed from religious festivals.