Greek mythology can be found in texts from the time of the Roman Empire by writers such as Plutarch and Pausanias.
The main characters in myths are usually non-humans, such as gods, demigods, and other supernatural figures
"In turn, Ancient Greek  (mythologa, 'story', 'lore', 'legends', or 'the telling of stories') combines the word mthos with the suffix - (-logia, 'study') in order to mean 'romance, fiction, story-telling

