iving ▁literary ▁forms , ▁as ▁found ▁mostly ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁progress ive ▁changes , ▁it ▁is ▁inher ently ▁political , ▁as ▁Gilbert ▁C uth bert son ▁( 1 9 7 5 ) ▁has ▁argued . ▁ ▁The ▁earlier ▁inhabitants ▁of ▁the ▁B alk an ▁Pen ins ula ▁were ▁an ▁agricult ural ▁people ▁who , ▁using ▁Anim ism , ▁assigned ▁a ▁spirit ▁to ▁every ▁aspect ▁of ▁nature . ▁Event ually , ▁these ▁vague ▁spirits ▁assumed ▁human ▁forms ▁and ▁entered ▁the ▁local ▁myth ology ▁as ▁gods . ▁When ▁tribes ▁from ▁the ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁B alk an ▁Pen ins ula ▁inv aded , ▁they ▁brought ▁with ▁them ▁a ▁new ▁p ant he on ▁of ▁gods , ▁based ▁on ▁con quest , ▁force , ▁pro w ess ▁in ▁battle , ▁and ▁violent ▁hero ism . ▁Other ▁older ▁gods ▁of ▁the ▁agricult ural ▁world ▁f used ▁with ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁powerful ▁inv aders ▁or ▁else ▁f aded ▁into ▁ins ign ific ance . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁Arch a ic ▁period , ▁myth s ▁about ▁relationships ▁between ▁male ▁gods ▁and ▁male ▁hero es ▁became ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁frequent , ▁indicating ▁the ▁parallel ▁development ▁of ▁ped agog ic ▁p eder ast y ▁( ), ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁introduced ▁around ▁ 6 3 0   BC . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁fifth ▁century   BC , ▁po ets ▁had ▁assigned ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁er omen os , ▁an ▁ad oles cent ▁boy ▁who ▁was ▁their ▁sexual ▁companion , ▁to ▁every ▁important ▁god