Fortunately, pencils were eventually invented, and myths were recorded in print. The two main myth-writing guys were Hesiod and Homer . Hesiod , who lived during the 7th Century B.C., wrote a poem called The Generation of the Gods . In it, he explained the origins of the immortal Greek gods. According to Hesiod, the gods live at the summit of a mountain called Mount Olympus .
Many gods represent a part of the natural universe.
For example, the first gods were Uranus , a male god signifying heaven and Gaea , a female god signifying Earth. These two original gods had many children and grandchildren, one of whom was the famous Zeus . Zeus, the most powerful god, and his wife Hera are the leaders and parents for the most famous Greek gods who live on Mount Olympus. He wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey , which chronicled events during the Trojan War. His poems take place in Greek cities like Corinth, Thebes and Athens, and spoke of human characters with names like Agamemnon, Menelaus and Achilles.