The greeks thought their religion was very personal and also very direct. They thought it was a mix of old minoan beliefs. People from Greece thought there were very powerful and even invisible gods. But the most important gods to them were the ones that were connected with natural elements like rain or wood. People from ancient greek religion also liked to pray about almost anything.
Gods and Goddesses
Of course everyone knows about certain gods, especially the main ones like zeus or poseidon. But just like gods, there were also goddesses like Athena and Aphrodite. The greeks had a polytheistic religion, so they had city festivals, national sporting, and the gods became patrons of the cities. In the Greek religion there were