从神话传说看,希腊社会经历了神祗和英雄两个时代。神祗时代大体相当于克里特文明时代,其神话反映的是母系时代的社会历史;英雄时代大体相当于迈锡尼文明时代,其神话传说反映了母系社会向父系社会过渡时期的历史。神话传说中神祗时代与英雄时代的区别,就在于它们所反映的社会不同。 From myths and legends, Greek society has experienced both gods and heroes. The deity era is roughly equivalent to the era of Cretan civilization. Its myth reflects the social history of the matriarchal era. The heroic era is roughly equivalent to the Mycenaean civilization. Its myths and legends reflect the history of the transition from matriarchal society to patriarchal society. Myths and legends in the era of gods and heroic difference lies in the social differences they reflect.