RELI 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Croesus, Terpsichore, Cult Of Artemis At Brauron
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The nature of the gods week 3- greek religion. Animism everything has a spirit (trees, air, rivers) Zues is a man, has the functional parts of a man. Mount olympus home of the gods in greece. People (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)ed, the(cid:374) people said it e(cid:454)ists o(cid:374) ea(cid:396)th (cid:271)ut the (cid:396)eal (cid:858)(cid:373)ou(cid:374)t ol(cid:455)(cid:373)pus is a(cid:271)o(cid:448)e i(cid:374) the sk(cid:455)(cid:859) Caves used to worship chthonic gods of the underworld. Ichor blood of the gods if ares stabbed, ichor would flow out, clear fluid coming out of their body. Herakles (goes to olympus) vs. achilles (goes to hades) Dionysus son of zues and semele, daughter of cadmus. Athena daughter of zeus and metis (wise among gods and mortals) King croesus was king of lydia (man was rich af) Solon (one of 7 wisest men in world) visited croesus and croesus showed solon all his wealth and shit andasked solon who is the happiest in the world,