CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Panathenaic Games, Communal Meal, Thesmophoria
26 Jan 2018
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Lecture 12: myth, religion, and public life in ancient greece. Final exam: december 12 9:00 am final examination (40%) Two essay questions on broad themes, choice of four (ca. Discuss the role of the gods in human affairs in the iliad and the odyssey. The exam is cumulative but greater emphasis on what was seen after the 2nd test. Greek gods and religions are two different things intertwined. Homer(cid:495)s texts did not have laws or amendments but all these texts involved the gods and explained an (etiology of things) things such as the story promotheus explaining the origin of sacrifice. It also tells us many things about the features of gods. The greek religion was bound to the polis. It was a very public thing in which all the citizen community is involved. Panhellenic; each greek city has its own distinct religious festivals. The greeks did not really have one word equivalent to our word religion.
