What is myth? Azra Erhat starts her Mythology Dictionary with that famous sentence: "In the Greek language, there are not one but three words to give the concept of word; one is Mitos/Mythos, the other is epos, the third is logos. Mythos is the word that is said or heard; it means tale, story, legend." Mythos is what is said, what is passed down from generation to generation…
This book deals with the divine myths, which are the largest group of ancient Greek myths. The leading role of these myths is played by divine beings. The most basic feature of these myths is to show the powers of supernatural beings as stronger and more powerful than mortals. Divine myths are adorned with themes that deal with the relationships, conflicts and wars between divine beings, and the relationships of supernatural beings with mortals. At the same time, the emergence and ending of social and economic events such as the seasonal cycle, winemaking, the cultivation of grains, male-female relations, and marriage customs are explained by divine myths, thus clarifying the world experienced in the ancient Greek mind.