HSTR 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Religious Text, Anthesteria, Pentheus
2 Dec 2016
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Polytheistic more than one god, most other religions in the world were monotheistic. No (cid:858)(cid:271)i(cid:271)le(cid:859) no set religious text and there was nothing that everybody had to believe. Gods were a part of the cosmos, they had not created it themselves gods were not all powerful, also not necessarily loving, and also easily offended. No social program doing good work in the community was not required: ethical behaviour (cid:271)ut ethi(cid:272)al (cid:373)ea(cid:374)t do(cid:374)(cid:859)t kill a(cid:374)yo(cid:374)e, do(cid:374)(cid:859)t steal (u(cid:374)less you(cid:859)re. Hermes) and you should be nice to your neighbour and strangers zeus was the. Closer relationship with the humans, probably due to the fact that he was the god of wine take him in and he changes you. Son of zeus and semele (mortal princess) last of zeus children that was born as a god. Torn apart and reconstituted as an infant. Pentheus: minyads recognition of god, tearing apart animals and eating their flesh.
