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A 5 page paper which
examines the religious beliefs of the Greeks in relationship to the gods. The paper focuses
on how the Greek gods were essentially uninterested in the doings of humans.
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most men, or women, and they were generally concerned with their own existence and relationships. However, this did not mean, to those who believed in the gods, that the gods
were not easily irritated. In fact, it seemed that the people, more often than not, did everything they could to appease the gods and ensure that they did not become
the brunt of irritation or anger. The following paper examines some of these realities, discussing the main features of Greek religious practices, sacrifices, prayers and dedications, and what the Greeks
expected from their gods. Greeks and Greek Gods "The Greeks were polytheistic people. Meaning they believed in more than one god" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003).
Their form of religion was so extensive, in fact, in relationship to the number of gods, that "Its impossible to say exactly how many gods there were because different Greeks
worshiped different gods and some small villages worshiped the main gods and their own village gods. There are hundreds of Greek gods, perhaps around 1,000" (Ancient Greek Religion and
Mythology, 2003). In addition, we note that "Many Greek people worshipped foreign gods, if for some reason they thought this might help them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003).
For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athens in the Hellenistic period" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). One author notes that "The Greek gods were
the most anthropomorphic of the gods of any people with the exception of those in Scandinavian mythology. The gods did have some important differences from human beings: they were ageless
and deathless, unlimited by physical restrictions, could take any shape they pleased, could go anywhere quickly and invisibly, and they could do thing (morally speaking) that humans should not" (Foutz,
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