The Ancient Greeks and Hebrews had completely different views of the god/gods that they served. The gods that the Greeks worshipped were scheming or treacherous which was a complete contrast of the Hebrews all-powerful and all-knowing God. The Greek's religion was very different from the Hebrew's religion because they believed in polytheism, each god had a different purpose versus the Hebrew God's omniscience, and their gods were scheming and treacherous.
The Hebrews believed in monotheism, and the Greeks believed in polytheism. Monotheism is the belief in only one God. This can be found in the Bible in Deuteronomy 6:4-5 which states, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." The Hebrews believed in serving the one true God and putting him above all else. They were taught to love God with everything they had which is very different than the Greek's religion. The Greeks believed in polytheism which is the belief in many gods. They believed in gods such as Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Dionysus, Zeus, and many more (Oedipus 13). In Euripides, a goddess named Medea is described, and in Herodotus paragraph 14, the people bring sacrifices to Delphi. Many Greek gods are portrayed throughout these stories. .
The Hebrew God was omniscient, but Greek gods failed the people many times. The Lord created everything by Himself. In Genesis 1 the Bible says, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth", and "So God created man in his own image." However, The Greek gods were not helping Oedipus in his time of need. He cried out to them many times to help his situation. Many people were sick and dying, and the ground was perishing. On page 13 it says, "And Ares, the abhorred Slayer, who bears no sword, but shrieking, wrapped in fire, stands over me." Ares was a very scary god who slayed many people.
