The Greek Empire and the Roman Empire are two of the brightest cultural features of the western history. Their religious manifestations as well as its theater and philosophy are based European cultural.

The myths built around their gods have endured throughout history and are still used as symbols in books, films or advertisements. However, the religious significance that accompanied them was lost completely.

Religion grecorromana

The religion of ancient Greece was polytheistic, is associated with mythology and filled everything. The gods had human forms were beautiful and lived on Mount Olympus.

There were gods and heroes semidioses. About all of them were built beautiful myths that have come to today. Notable among their deities: Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Poseidon and Hades.

Aplacaban the wrath of the gods with sacrifices and offerings. They had to occur both at State as a family level. Constructing temples and sculptures in tribute to them.

Romans assimilated, albeit with different names, gods and myths of the Greeks. They were also other minor deities like lares and penates dealing with all matters pertaining to home.

Gods

The Greeks created legends that explain the emergence and genealogy of their gods. For example distinguish between titans, ancient gods and their descendants, the Olympian gods, which destronaron to earlier after a war.

These gods were usually another name when they were adopted by the Greeks. It retained, however, the powers that they had been assigned the Greeks: