1Greek religion is rooted in...
places
2Animism
The belief that natural obejcts or nature iteslf is associated with divine beings
3Worship of dieties is...
local, natural places develop into formal places of worship
4Taboos relating to space
Spilling human liquids, destruction of space, harming suppliants seeking protection, going into temples
5Types of divine beings
Olympians, chthonians, heros and heroines, lesser divine beings, unnamed spirits
6Forms of worship
Prayer, libation, votives, bloodless sacrifice, animal sacrifice, mystery cults, civic festivals
7What do Greek Gods symbolize?
Natural phenomena, life stages, human activities, human experiences
8Representations of the divine
Anthropomorphic, semi-iconic, an-iconic
9Poems used a _____ meter
Militaristic
10Homeric hymns
Songs of praise to gods
11Creation stories address: (PAST)
Gods, humans, and their relationship
12Creation stories address: (PRESENT)
The physical, social, and religious world of believers
13First four elements created in Theogony:
Chaos, Gaia, Tartarus, Eros
14Parthogenesis
Birth from female without male
15Gaia births
Ouranus and Pontus
162 types of creation stories
Architectural and automatic
17Gaia and Ouranos produce
Kronos and Rhea
18____'s blood in sea creates _____
Ouranos' Aphrodite, furies, giants, meliai
19Night gives birth to
Sphynx, griffin, sleep, death, hydra
20Kronos and Rhea produce
zeus hades poseidon hera
21Zeus and Metis produce
Athena
22Zeus and Themis produce
Seasons, justice, fates, peace
23Zeus and Eurynome produce
Graces
24Zeus and Mnemosyne produce
Muses
25Prometheus creates _____ from ______
the human race clay and water
26Prometheus has the gift of...
prophecy
27Brothers of Prometheus
Atlas, Epimetheus, menoetius
28Pandora is a _____ of ______
cult title gaia
29Jar use
Food storage, tombs
30Yahweh hierarchy
god, man, woman and animal
31priestly hierarchy
god, human, animal
32Zeus controls...
sky/weather
33Zeus is associated with...
eagles
34Hera is associated with...
Fertility, wild animals, cities
35Euhemerism
Myths contain kernals of historical fact
36Cronus and Rhea produce
Hades
37Funerary rites
prosthesis, ekphora, burial
38Escorts souls across river
charon
39Places of punishment in the underworld
tantalus, ixion
40place of pleasure in the underworld
elysium
41orphic beliefs
instructions for what to do in the underworld to have a better life after death
42eleusinian mysteries
dedicated to demeter, offer a better life after death to initiates
43Zeus and dione produce
Aphrodite
453 forms of eros
Himeros Pothos, Eros
46Husband of Aphrodite
Hephaestus
483 statues of aphrodite
Aphrodite urania, aphrodite pandemus, aphrodite apostrophia
49adnonis is loved by
aphrodite and persephone
50adonis is killed by
a boar
51The 4 w's of athena
wisdom, work, war, woman
52what did athena invent
bridle, flute, war dance
53freud says that dreams
express desires and fears of individuals
54freud says that myths
express the desires and fears shared by all people
55jung says that myths
contain archetypal images of the collective unconscious
56hermes is associated with
speech
57hermes is
a messenger of zeus, patron saint of heralds, hermes logios, hermes agoraios, hermes chthonios, hermes kriophoros
58hermes facilitates communication between
gods and mortals, among mortals, living and dead
59where can herms be placed
whereevery you want
60what do herms protect
civilized spaces
61hermes is the father of
pan
625 traits of tricksters
mockery of institutions, disruption of situations, ability to shapeshift, invention of objects, culture heroes