Do you know the fates of the Greek gods? What was the Cornucopia? What did an ancient wedding or funeral look like? What crafts were most common in antiquity? What did the Greeks like to eat? Where did the words astrolabe or kalokagathía come from?

In ancient Greece, the existence of gods was a self-evident part of society and influenced all areas of everyday life. Belief in the intervention of a higher power gave people hope. Stories about gods, demigods and people with divine origins offered answers to many questions and helped overcome difficult life situations.

If you want to learn how fables and myths influenced people's lives, start reading. The stories of the gods of the Olympian pantheon are supplemented by descriptions of various areas of everyday life. There is no lack of comprehensible explanations of expressions that come from antiquity, but we still use them today.