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Examining Greek mythology as a foundational narrative that shaped various scientific and philosophical fields.

July 5, 2026Open Access

Greek Mythology. The Narrative That Crεate the Civilization

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Examining Greek mythology as a foundational narrative that shaped various scientific and philosophical fields.
Analysis of historical texts related to Greek mythology, religion, and philosophy.
Comparison of Greek and Jewish theological concepts and their implications for civilization.
Exploration of cosmological narratives from ancient cultures.
Greek mythology serves as a precursor to many modern sciences, including physics and psychology.
The concept of monotheism is argued to be a philosophical pursuit of the Greeks rather than solely a Jewish invention.
The influence of older Semitic narratives on the Old Testament is emphasized, illustrating the complex interrelations among ancient myths.

Abstract

Greek mythology can be considered the "book of books"—the most significant thing ever written in the history of humanity and civilization. It constitutes the beginning of every science: physics, mathematics, philosophy, astronomy-cosmology, theology, as well as the study and therapy of the soul and human nature. Psychology ! It was also the beginning of religion, arising from the search for answers to questions about how and why the world was created, and what laws govern it. From this perspective, MONOTHEISM is a scientific and philosophical pursuit of the Greeks, who were the only ones possessing the intellectual background to formulate such a theory, founded by Xenophanes of Colophon, who lived a large part of his life in Elea and Catania of Magna Graecia ( south Italy today). Inadvertently, mainly during the years when Christianity prevailed, a distortion and piece of misinformation was spread, claiming that MONOTHEISM is a Jewish religious invention. However, the Jews never believed that only one God exists—not even today in fully scale. They believed that many gods exist and that each nation could have one or more for themselves. They, however, made a covenant with the one they considered the most powerful, who promised them the "Promised Land," and decided to serve him. From this perspective, in science, this is called HENOTHEISM (Ena=One), not MONOTHEISM. Jewish henotheism became known when Jewish theological theories were first written in the Greek language, in the Greek city of Alexandria, by the Septuagint—likely 70 Hellenized Jews—during the 3rd century BC. The cosmogony of the Jews is presented in the books of the Old Testament. From this perspective, the Old Testament is a simple and poorly written narrative, without any historical or other scientific basis. It is a tale that has not been influenced by the very older Greek cosmogony, but constitutes, in many instances, a clear influence of the mythology of older Semitic peoples of Mesopotamia dating back to the 3rd millennium BC.

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