# GEP1005 Week 7 Part 7

**Channel:** BAUGO
**Source:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oohoxlBCbc
**Transcript page:** https://www.withtranscript.ai/video/0oohoxlBCbc

## Chapters

- 0:09 — Greek Polytheism and Major Gods
- 1:05 — Social Role and Limits of Religion
- 2:04 — Rise of Greek Philosophical Thinking

## Transcript

**[0:09]:** religion as i mentioned before gods and goddess associated with the spirit of nature in ancient greece there was polytheistic religion greek mythology well describes the polytheistic greek religion each state had its own pattern god and goddess regular praise for dusty's well-being there was no major religion unlike india let's give some mythological examples to gods and goddesses in ancient greece zeus was the name of the creator or father god apollo was the god of the sun and light it was believed to regulate the daily passage of the sun poseidon was the god of sea inspiring war or human love and beauty specific gods regulated activities like hunting history and metal workings regularly conducted ceremonies to the

**[1:05]:** gods had political importance since people were in search of god's aid for good harvest or good health homer depicted trojan wars as guided by gods and goddess in greek politicism greek mythology there was no emphasis of afterworld no spiritual consideration greek religion was more human centered compared to other worldly religions like indians religious system of greeks failed to satisfy spiritual needs of common people like peasants and workers during the times of political social and economic chaos this was a kind of limitation which led to dissatisfaction for many literate and educated people religion presented stories according to them about how the world came to be without giving any emphasis for systematic inquiry and providing solutions for

**[2:04]:** the difficulties and problems religion provided political loyalty however could not create a base for an ethical tote hence great thinkers generated philosophical systems which challenged storytelling greek religion philosophers urged people to make racial observation to understand the earth nature and society so that deduction became the one of the hallmarks of the greek and hellenistic

**[2:42]:** culture