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Suggested ReadingSuggested ReadingMore on Greek Mythology and ReligionZeus and HeraWhat Was Greek Religion?Iliad and Odyssey Study Guides Greek Mythology - Bible vs. BiblosHomer was the most important writer for the ancient GreeksThe Bible is sometimes called the Good Book, which is fitting since the word Bible comes from the Greek word for book, biblos. For the Greeks, the bible was Homer, particularly, The Iliad. You can find a religious world view, morals, customs, genealogy, and more in Homer. However, the Iliad and the Odyssey were not sacred texts. The Iliad biblos begins, not with the creation of the world in 6 days, but with The opening of The Iliad
Sing, O goddess, The wrath of Achilles the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Jove fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another. Sacrilegious conduct of Agamemnon And which of the gods was it that set them on to quarrel? It was the son of Jove and Leto [Apollo]; for he was angry with the king and sent a pestilence upon the host to plague the people, because the son of Atreus had dishonoured Chryses his priest. (Samuel Butler translation) Introduction to Greek Mythology Myth in Daily Life | What Is Myth? | Myths vs. Legends | Gods in the Heroic Age - Bible vs. Biblos | Creation Stories | Uranos' Revenge | Titanomachy | Olympian Gods and Goddesses | Five Ages of Man | Philemon and Baucis | Prometheus | Trojan War | Bulfinch Mythology | Myths and Legends | Kingsley Tales from Mythology | Golden Fleece and the Tanglewood Tales, by Nathaniel HawthorneSuggested ReadingSuggested ReadingMore on Greek Mythology and ReligionZeus and HeraWhat Was Greek Religion?Iliad and Odyssey Study Guides |
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