Comment by jfengel

Note that they understood the myths to be archetypes, but outright atheism was a charge punishable by death. That's what they got Socrates on.

Also note that they were pretty limited in their tolerance. If people got pissed at you, they wrote your name on a piece of pottery (ostrakon). If enough names were gathered, you were banished -- the root of the word "ostracized".

On the upside, they were very tolerant of transgender and intersex individuals. Note in particular the case of Callo/Callon, who changed their sex and pronouns.