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The mythology of the Greeks The first written record of Greece – the Iliad The tales of Greek mythology To throw light upon what early Greeks were like To express the idea of sublime The world of Greek mythology - not a place of terror for the human spirit - a world full of beauty The contents of mythology Largely made of stories about gods and goddesses For explanation of something in nature For entertainment For explaining men’s relationship with gods – religion The Greek miracle The new birth of the world with the awakening of Greece A humanized world The Greeks made their gods in their own image. Men freed from the paralyzing fear of an omnipotent Unknown The Greek and Roman writers of mythology Latin poet – Ovid Wrote stories during the reign of Augustus Homer Around 1000 BC – before Christ Wrote Iliad and Odyssey Hesiod Around 8th and 9th century BC Wrote works about Gods The first writer in Greece who wondered about the world, the gods and the mankind Pindar (the end of 6th BC) The greatest lyric poet of Greece Wrote odes in honor of the victors in the games of national festivals Three tragic poets Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides The great writer of comedy – Aristophanes Virgil (Roman writer)