▁its ▁p ant he on ▁already ▁included ▁many ▁div in ities ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁classical ▁Greece . ▁However , ▁Greek ▁myth ology ▁is ▁generally ▁seen ▁as ▁having ▁heavy ▁influence ▁of ▁Pre - G reek ▁and ▁Near ▁Eastern ▁cult ures , ▁and ▁as ▁such ▁contains ▁few ▁important ▁elements ▁for ▁the ▁reconst ruction ▁of ▁the ▁Pro to - Ind o - Europe an ▁religion . ▁Con sequently , ▁Greek ▁myth ology ▁received ▁minimal ▁scholar ly ▁attention ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁compar ative ▁myth ology ▁until ▁the ▁mid ▁ 2 0 0 0 s . ▁ ▁Arch ae ology ▁and ▁myth ography ▁have ▁revealed ▁influence ▁from ▁Asia ▁Minor ▁and ▁the ▁Near ▁East . ▁Ad on is ▁seems ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁Greek ▁counter part — more ▁clearly ▁in ▁cult ▁than ▁in ▁myth — of ▁a ▁Near ▁Eastern ▁" dy ing ▁god ". ▁Cy be le ▁is ▁root ed ▁in ▁An atol ian ▁culture ▁while ▁much ▁of ▁A ph rod ite ' s ▁icon ography ▁may ▁spring ▁from ▁Sem it ic ▁god d esses . ▁There ▁are ▁also ▁possible ▁par alle ls ▁between ▁the ▁earliest ▁divine ▁gener ations ▁( Ch a os ▁and ▁its ▁children ) ▁and ▁T iam at ▁in ▁the ▁En uma ▁El ish . ▁According ▁to ▁Meyer ▁Rein hold , ▁" near ▁Eastern ▁the og onic ▁concepts , ▁involving ▁divine ▁succession ▁through ▁violence ▁and ▁gener ational ▁conflicts ▁for ▁power , ▁found ▁their ▁way … into ▁Greek ▁myth ology ." ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁Ind o - Europe an