Greek mythology

Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. Our surviving sources of mythology are literary reworkings of this oral tradition, supplemented by interpretations of iconic imagery, sometimes modern ones, sometimes ancient ones, as myth was a means for later Greeks themselves to throw light on cult practices and traditions that were no longer explicable. The historian must sometimes deduce from hints in imagery, such as in vase paintings, and offhand references the recognition of mythic themes tacitly expressed in cult practice.

See also

• List of Greek mythological characters
• Odysseus
• Family tree of the Greek gods
• Greek religion
• Classical mythology
• Similarities between Roman, Greek, and Etruscan mythologies

Greek cosmology

• Elysium
• Hades
• Helicon
• Hyperborea (Hyperboria)
• Lethe
• Mount Olympus (Olýmpos)
• Styx
• Tartarus (Tartaros)

Related subjects

• List of movies based on Greco-Roman mythology
• Mythology of same-sex love
• Paganism
• Roman mythology
• Roman religion