GRS 381 Lecture 5: September 20th

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRS 381
• Professor: Erkstein

Document Summary

Sacrifice -> ritual of killing animals (lamb, cow, chickens) and burning parts of victim on the altar for the gods (cid:858)sa(cid:272)er(cid:859) + (cid:858)fa(cid:272)ere(cid:859) = (cid:858)to (cid:373)ake sa(cid:272)red(cid:859) God hermes invented fire, fire-sticks, and sacrifice (division in 12 portions, for the 12. Feast of mecone = titan prometheus tricked zeus. Sacrificial animals = oxen, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry domesticated, not wild; perfect (no blemishes), cleansed, adorned. Procession to lead vi(cid:272)ti(cid:373) to the god(cid:859)s altar, a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al vi(cid:272)ti(cid:373) = stu(cid:374)(cid:374)ed, killed, (cid:271)led, butchered, offered to god. Thigh bones, covered in fat, burned on altar as offering to the gods = (cid:858)the (cid:272)ul(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) of the sa(cid:272)rifi(cid:272)ial ritual(cid:859) Communal feast followed for all the worshippers. Blood sacrifice -> before battle, at the burial of the dead, nekuia conjure up spirits of the dead. Define divinity by name, epithet (show function) and place also the festivals celebrated for each. Demeter eleusiania of eleusis = eleusinian mysteries.