Ancient Greek literature shows the ancient Greeks' understanding and thinking about the universe, nature and life, and contains their original spiritual, psychological, emotional and cultural contents. The mystery of the external world, the uncontrollable nature and the vagaries of life make them form a "destiny view" with religious fatalism. Reflected in literature, fate is absolutely controllable and unchangeable for people, and people must obey the arrangement of fate, but people can give full play to their talents and potentials within the scope of fate and do their own things at will.

The gods and men in ancient Greek and Roman literature all have the individual consciousness of being free and unrestrained, independent and uninhibited, indulging in pleasure and enjoying life, but they also show the indomitable spirit in the face of difficulties. The fate of infinite power brought confusion and fear to the ancient Greeks, and also cultivated their self-awareness and individual spirit. In addition, they have aroused great vitality in their struggle with fate. Ancient Greek literature shows the liveliness and beauty of human nature in childhood, freedom, optimism and romance, which is precisely to describe people's pursuit of secular values and the contradiction and struggle between man and fate. Life consciousness, humanitarianism consciousness and freedom concept are the basic spirit of ancient Greek literature and the basic core of western literature and culture in the future.