In ancient mythology there was a strong belief about death and the afterlife, and most modern religions are based around that too. Like in Christianity, if your good you go to heaven, if your bed you go to hell. In Greek mythology there isn't a heaven and hell, but the basic idea of rewarding people or punishing them for their lifestyle before they died is there. Tartarus was like hell, where the people or monsters that did nothing but sin went, and were tortured.
The Asphodel fields were for people in between, and Elysium was the equivalent of heaven.
Also, the Greek gods were used to explain things the people couldn't explain, like earthquakes and the reasons behind why people acted as they did. In Christianity, God created everything, which is like using him to explain what Christians didn't understand at the time.
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