Greek mythology was used as a means to explain the environment in which humankind lived, the natural phenomena they witnessed and the passing of time through the days, months, and seasons. Greek myths were also intricately connected to religion and explained the origin and lives of the gods, where humanity had come from and where it was going after death.
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c. 1250 BCETrojan War, according to Herodotus.
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c. 800 BCE - c. 700 BCEHomer of Greece writes his Iliad and Odyssey.
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c. 700 BCEGreek poet Hesiod writes his Theogony and Works and Days.
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c. 700 BCEThe earliest depiction of a Greek fighting an Amazon is found on a terracotta votive shield.
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c. 540 BCEA black-figure vase by Exekias depicts Achilles killing the Amazon Penthesilea.
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c. 484 BCE - c. 413 BCELife of the Greek historian Herodotus of Halicarnassos.
