The term given to the body of stories about ancient greek gods and heroes is?

mythology

Explanation:

The Greek mythology contains a numerous amount of stories that include gods, semi-gods, heroes, villians, mythological creatures and so forth.

Tradition states, that the stories were transmitted orally, perhaps from about 3000 to 1100 BCE as heritage of the Minoan civilization in Crete.

The myths convey a set of morals, lessons on human life, and traditions that reflect the nature of the world and their beliefs.

Greek mythology were firstly written by work of Homer and Hesiod, who put together long traditions of pre-existing stories and preserved them in written form.

The myths have multiple reasons and applications as they played a key role in Greek everyday life- They were the mindset of the time, they provided explanations for weather, they also provided meaning and sense to the world around them.

The stories of monsters, heroes and gods continue today to be a topic of subject and a matter of study in many places.

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