Religion
- Polytheism
-the Athenians are polytheistic
-it means they believe in more than one god
- Gods of the Greeks in Athens
- Zeus – Kind of the gods and ruler of the sky
-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 his skull
-had two brothers: Poseidon and Hades
- Athena – daughter of Zeus
-one of the most important goddesses
-God of wisdom, handicrafts, defense, and strategic warfare
-fierce and brave in battle only fought to protect homeland
- Hera – queen of gods and goddess of marriage and family
-Zeus’s wife
-her mother Rhea and her father Cronos
- Hades – underworld
-god of underworld and dead
-brother of Zeus and Poseidon
-very greedy and always trying to increase his numbers
- Poseidon
-god of the sea
-weapon was the trident and could shake the earth and shatter any object
-brothers were Zeus and Hades
-second in power for Gods only behind Zeus
- Hermes
-main role was a messenger for the Gods
-had winged shoes and a winged hat
- Ares
-god of war
-very aggressive and unpopular with the gods and humans
-personified the brutalness of war
-was immortal but when he was hurt he would run back o his father Zeus and healed
- Hephaestus
-was the god of metalwork and fire
-was born lame and weak and was an outcast of Olympus
-made gods weapons and artifacts
- Apollo
-god of prophecy
-patron of healing
-unpopular with mortals
-master archer and fleet footer
-won the first Olympic games
- Aphrodite
-god of love and beauty
-was loved y all the gods and humans
-married Hephaestus
-had many children
- Dionysus
-god of wine, wine making, ecstasy, and celebration
-Zeus was his father
- Demeter
-goddess of fertility of the Earth: crops, nature, season
-humans praised her so they could have good harvest
-sister of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades
- Artemis
-virgin goddess of the hunt, moon, animals, archery, and childbirth
-master archer and practiced
-well known for the 6 golden horned deer to pull her chariot
-daughter of Zeus, sister of Apollo
- Why did they pray?
-believed that they had to worship and please the Gods in order to have good fortune
-had many rituals
-one group of people
-had no bible or holy texts
- Where did it take place
-temples, shrines, statues were designated places to offer sacrifices to the Gods
-the alter, located in front of temple, was most important part of sanctuary
-where people gathered and worship
- How compares to other religions
-reflected many central ideas and concepts of earlier forms of Paganism, such as Druidism, both ancient and modern and witchcraft and Wicca
-original history had been lost in prehistory
-only knowledge is by passed down stuff
- Athenian Myths
-daughter of Zeus
-gods made his daughter with his bright eyed Tritoeneia Zeus put his daughter in his own belly first, ad goddess might devise for him both good and evil
- Minotaur – part man part bull
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