Athenian Religion
- were polytheistic
- the believe in more than one god
- Gods of the Greeks in Athens
- Zeus
- was the king of all the gods
- he was the ruler of the sky, thunder, and lighting
- he ate his pregnant wife that was going to have Athena because he didn't want to get overruled by his offspring
- Athena broke out of this skull
- Zeus had two brothers named Poseidon and Hades
- Athena
- she was one of the most important goddesses in Athens
- she was the goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, defense, and strategic warfare
- daughter of Zeus and Hera
- she was fierce and brave in battle but only fought to protect her homeland
- Hera
- was the goddess of the gods
- she was also the goddess of women and marriage
- was Zeus's wife
- her mother Rhea and her father Cronos
- Hades
- was the god of the underworld and dead
- brother of Zeus and Poseidon
- he was very greedy and was always trying to increase his numbers
- Poseidon
- was the god of the sea
- his weapon was the trident and it could sake the earth and shatter any object
- his brother were Zeus and Hades
- he was second in power for the gods only behind Zeus
- Hermes
- main role was to be a messenger for the gods
- he had winged shoes and a winged hate that is what he is most known for
- Ares
- was the god of war
- he was very aggressive and unpopular with the gods and humans
- he personified the brutalness of war
- Ares was immortal but when he was ever hurt in battle he would run back to his father Zeus and be healed again
- Hephaestus
- was the god of metalwork and fire
- was born lame and weak and was an outcast of Olympus
- made the gods weapons and artifacts
- Apollo
- was the god of prophecy
- he is the patron of healing
- was very popular with the mortals
- was a master archer and fleet footer
- it's said he won the first Olympic games
- Aphrodite
- was the goddess of love and beauty
- she was loved by all the gods and humans
- she married Hephaestus and had many children
- Dionysus
- was the god of win, wine making ecstasy, and celebrations
- Zeus was his father
- Demeter
- was the goddess of fertility of the earth, crops, nature, and season
- many humans praised her so that they could have a good harvest
- she is the sister of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades
- Artemis
- was the virgin goddess of the hunt, moon, animals, archery, and childbirth
- was a aster archer and practiced
- is well known for the 6 golden horned deer to pull her chariot
- is the daughter of Zeus, sister of Apollo
- Zeus
- Why did they pray?
- the Greeks believed that they had to worship and please the Gods in order to have good fortune
- the Greeks participated in a number of rituals, rite, ceremonies and sacrifices in order to impress and placate the Gods
- Greek religion was ritual based, practicing a flexible set of beliefs, it made no claims of universality, they did not proselytize, they had no hierarchical system, or sacred texts.
- Where did religion take place?
- temples, shrines and statues were erected as a designated place to offer sacrifices to the Gods
- the altar, usually located in front of the temple, was the most important part of a Greek sanctuary, not the temple. This is where people gathered to worship
- How the Athenian religion compares to other Civilizations at the times
- Greek religion was a predominant form of early Paganism
- Their religion reflected many central ideas and concepts of earlier forms of Paganism, such as Druidism, both ancient and Modern and Witchcraft and Wicca
- the origins of Greek history has been lost in pre-history, the only knowledge that has remained is that the Greeks assimilated cults of pre-Greek inhabitants of the Peninsula
- Athenian myths
- Daughter of Zeus
- now Zeus, king of all the gods made his daughter with his bright-eyed Tritogeneia. Zeus put his daughter in his own belly first, that the goddess might devise for him both good and evil
- Contest of Poseidon and Athena
- there was a half snake half man named Cecrops that had to find a patron for the city state of Athens
- two gods were interested Poseidon and Athena
- Cecrops asked from them to offer a fight truly valuable for Athens.
- the Minotaur
- is a mythical creature that is part man part bull
- lives in the center of the Labyrinth
- Daughter of Zeus
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