CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Walter Burkert, Pierre Jeanpierre, Omen
4 Aug 2016
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Class 12: myth, religion and public life in ancient greece: final exam next week, same room as class, same time as class. Not the same thing, not every myth was connected to a ritual. Olympic games were panhellenic- meaning they involved all the greeks. Review of the way greeks talked about the divine: Sacrifice happens in most detail writing in the odyssey. Two scholars on mythology, cult rituals and religion. Sacrifice was the most sacred ritual in all of greece (in particular animal sacrifice for the gods) For burkert the act of animal killing was about bringing a community together (in- creased a sense of belonging for people) For vernant, killing was more done for the sake of ritual and tradition. Athena preferred cows, although other animals were sacrificed for other gods. Only the healthiest animals would be worthy of being sacrificed, otherwise the.
