Silenus statues are statues of creatures that followed the god Dionysus (god of parties and wine). These creatures are called satyrs, half goat half man. Got it from Percy Jackson lol
Silenoi/ Σειληνοί are followers of god Dionysus who were half animal half men always drunk who had to be supported by a satyr or be carried by a donkey.
Because in that time it was all they believed, so it was not "mythology". Also, the city-states of Greece were so separated they reffered to themselves as "Spartans" or "Minoans" not "Greeks". Im not...
its really all their beliefs, to help people realize how life works- like how the trees grow, how fall works, when to harvest crops, how we get mail, all the basic things in life. we have science...
The tales say that over millenniums of time rocks, planets, etc. crashed together creating the greek titaness Gaea. The dust shot up into the air making a male named Uranus. They populated children...
Greek mythology actually was a relegion in ancient times, it was not called mythology though. It was created by the greeks to explain natural occurances or things that they could not otherwise...