What does this excerpt most suggest about the beliefs of ancient greeks

You didn't provide the excerpt but the ancient Greeks, like many other nations of the time, were polytheistic, meaning that they had multiple gods to whom they ascribed all events in nature. Zeus was the main god, there was a god of the sun, of seas, of the underworld, pretty much everything that exists in nature had a god.

What are the options for your question

It means to conflict in something else and not in fear.