It was natural for the Greeks to believe that the great gods have conquered the mighty rugged mountains which defied man. Main sources of the Greek mythology, are Hesiod (about 850 B.C.) author of the Theogony (Genesis), a rich collection of religious lore, Homer (8th century BC), the greatest epic poet, rapsodist of the Iliad and Odyssey, the lyric poet Pindar (518-438 B.C.) from Thiva, Aeschylus (524-456 B.C.) the great poetic dramatist, author of 90 plays, the famous writers Lucian and Apollodorus, several Alexandrians poets, some Roman writers and the famous traveler, geographer Pausanias. According the legend, the Greeks carried out a great expedition against Troy, in order to take back the beautiful Helen of Sparta, abducted by Paris of Troy. The Troyan war is a historical event and not a fiction of the great poet Homer. Almost all the names of constellations, stars, planets are from the ancient Greek mythology. The half gods (Hercules, Achilles, Orpheas, Perseus, Theseus.) and mythical heroes like Jason, Promitheus, Belerephon, Kekrops, Ikarus and Daedalos, Orion, Aias (Ajax) the Telamonian, Kadmos, were worsipped allover Greece. The Romans have adopted as subsitutes of their own the Gods and have just changed the names in Latin. The 2nd dynasty, is the era of Cronus and Rhea, when the first Gods were born: Zeus (Jupiter), Hera (Juno), Hades (or Pluto), Poseidon (Neptune), Demeter (Ceres) and Hestia (Vesta). The 3rd dynasty is completed with the creation of the dodecatheon (12 gods) as religion: Athena (Minerva), Apollo, Ares (Mars), Hermes (Mercury), Aphrodite (Venus), Hephaestus (Vulcan), Dionysos (Bacchus), Pan, and Asclepios (Aesculapius). 1st dynasty is the Uranus-Gaea, the fights between the Titans, Cyclopes and Uranus, Cronus. The Greek mythology can be divided in 3 eras-sections (or dynasties). The fascinating Greek mythology, legends, gods and heroes
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