Ancient Greek Religion
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Ancient Greek Religion
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They held the same religious beliefs
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Believing in the same pantheon of
gods
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Each polis had several temples, believed to be the
Earthly home of the god it was built for.
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A polis would use temples as storehouses
(so did some people) Who would dare steal from the home of a god?
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People visited to pray and offer sacrifice to the god
by leaving food or wine at the alter
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There was a lot of ceremony involved when
sacrificing an animal to the gods
It was seen not only as a sacred ritual, but a rare opportunity to eat meat
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The people would often visit a temple to pray
before they did anything important
asking a specific god for help
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To pray, people raised their hands to
the sky
In prayer, if a person touched the ground or knelt, it meant he was praying to Hades
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Before battle, who would one pray to?
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There is no one religious book for the Greeks. The
religion comes from many stories
Religious ideas were first passed down orally
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Many myths included what happened when
one diedIncluding the Odyssey and the Tales of Heracles
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As long as the deceased was given a proper
funeral and buried, the soul was released
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And Hermes would take the soul to
Hades
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Which is both the name of the god of
the dead and and the name of the Greek underworld
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There, the soul would come to the River Styx,
and Cerberus
The three-headed dog that protects the entrance to the underworld
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The soul would then pay Charon, the ferryman, to
cross the River Styx
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Once the river was crossed, the soul was
judged by three judgesIt would either go to:
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Tartarus A place of punishment for the truly wicked
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The Asphodel Fields Where ordinary people wandered as shades. It was a joyless area, and any life was better than this.
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or the Elysian Fields A place for the truly good and heroic
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One could return to Earth, but if the Elysian Fields
was reached three times
They went to the Isle of the Blessed...and never had to leave
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How do Greek beliefs compare to the beliefs of
the Mesopotamian afterlife?
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How does they compare to Egyptian beliefs of the
afterlife?