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Classical Greece
#3History 126
Dr. Anita Fisher
Religious Beliefs &
Practices of Greeks•No organization church
or doctrines•Rituals important not beliefs
•Defilement not sin•Polytheistic•Divination – to determine will of deities
Gaia Mother
goddess
Goddess Artemis
Temple to Artemis at Ephesus
Temple to
Artemis
Artemis’ Temple Today
Aphrodite’s Temple
Delphi Oracle
•Pythia Spoke in Voice of Apollo
Delphi
Pythia – Delphi Oracle
Athenian
Treasury at
Delphi
Delphi Oracle
Mystery Religions•Eleusian mysteries
– In honor of Demeter & Persephone
•Dionysus– God of wine and song
Eleusian Mysteries
Goddess
Demeter
Greek Drama
•Great tragedians of 5th c Athens– Aeschylus
• Prometheus bound, Agamemnon
– Sophocles• Antigone, Oedipus Rex
– Euripides• Medea
Trojan Women
•Great satirical comedy– Aristophanes
• Lysistrata, Frogs, Clouds, The Knights
Dionysus
Festival of Dionysus
Greek Theater
Frieze Showing Characters in Greek Plays
Aeschylus
Euripides
Medea
Aristophanes
Lysistrata
Hippocrates
Aesculapius God of Medicine
His staff or
caduceus
Aesculapius & Caduceus