CLST 100 Lecture Notes - Headache, Olive Oil, Relay Race

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 100
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

Athene polias (the goddess of the city) Generally all temples are directed towards the east, as this is where the sun rises. Most civic and sacred functions were under the patronage of the gods: boule (council of the city of athens) Apollon patroios had a temple dedicated to him, as he protected the ancestors. Religion was a very important matter in the lives of the greeks. Some months were named after the most important festivals that occurred within the specific month. Most important festival for the city of athens; everybody was allowed to attend and participate in the festival. Great panathenaia: every 4 years from 566 bce at the initiative of peisistratos. Athene was the daughter of metis (goddess of wisdom and skill) and zeus. Zeus was advised that any offspring he would have with metis would be more powerful than him, so he decided to swallow metis, but she had already conceived a child.