CLST 100 Lecture Notes - Polytheism, Metalworking, Gaea Trilogy

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

Document Summary

Each major god is active in many different spheres. There was a god of the sky, the god of the moon, etc. Some gods had local associations with places. Some of the gods were especially worshipped in some cities. (athena god of athens) Gods did not tell humans how to govern or behave; all they wanted was human acknowledgment. It was important for them to have the order of the world maintained. Gods wanted to be respected and worshipped. Anything unusual or anomalous could be due to the intervention of a divinity. Myths were not revealed scriptures or the truth. There was no holy book and no centralized religious authority. There were both male and female priests; as there were both female and male gods/ goddesses. There were common beliefs, but different traditions of worshipping related to the region the worshipping would take place. Greek gods have a lot of human characteristics, and were given the aspect of human beings.