Long before gospel, before republic, before wisdom, there were stories. Greece began not with sense, but with myth — tales of gods and monsters that tried to make sense of a chaotic world. To us, myths might feel like ancient fantasy, but for the Greeks, they were living trueness ways to explain the inexplainable, to pass down wisdom, and to explore what it means to be mortal. Let’s step back into that world, where thunder was the voice of Zeus, the ocean had moods, and the stars were n't just lights, but recollections. 1. The Birth of the Gods At the morning, there was nothing but Chaos.