HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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Gods and goddesses lived on Mount Olympus and behaved much like humans.
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Gods and goddesses lived on the island of Crete and behaved unlike humans.
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A single, all-powerful God ruled the universe and all humans.
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The Greeks were atheists, which means they did not believe in gods or goddesses.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ancients Greeks were polytheistic-that is, they worshipped many gods. Their major gods and goddesses lived at the top of Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece, and myths described their lives and actions.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Greeks believed that twelve most important gods and goddesses lived at the top of Mount Olympus. They were a family and, just like a human family, they argued as well as looking after each other. Mount Olympus, in northern Greece, is the highest mountain in the country.
Detailed explanation-3: -The twelve gods who lived on Mount Olympus were the Olympians. They include Hera, Poseidon, Hestia or Dionysus, Demeter, Zeus, Hermes, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Ares, Artemis, Apollo, and Athena.
Detailed explanation-4: -The ancient Greeks believed that Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in mainland Greece, was the home of the gods.
Detailed explanation-5: -Most Greek gods had similar characteristics, both good and bad, to human beings. They were portrayed as men or women, but they were thought to be immortal and to hold special powers. The gods could exercise their powers on one another and on human beings as they wished, for their own vengeance or pleasure.