For example, Zeus was the god over the other gods. Greeks believed that gods were immortal, and that they couldn’t die. They also thought the gods lived on Mount Olympus, and that they could come to earth and interact with the mortals. thinking this, Greeks welcomed many travelers, in case if it was a god. Gods were what the greeks depended on for almost everything. the gods had human like emotions such as jealousy. The greeks wanted the gods to have favor towards them. They feared that if they angered the gods, the gods would not like them and would make things difficult for the greeks.
The Greeks did many different things to please the gods. For example, while believing in all the gods, each city state was devoted to one god, or a group of gods. throughout the house, different parts were devoted to different gods. Temples were often build in the cities as a place of worship, but they had regular times throughout the day that they would stop what they were doing and worship their gods. There wasn’t an organized church system, so they would honor specific holy