CLCIV 101 Lecture 8: Lecture 8
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Lecture 8: the gods and early greek religion. A human sacrifice was interrupted by earthquake at shrine at archanes near. A common offering is a bull-sacrifice (sarcophagus from ayia triadha, crete, c. Linear b tablet that professor translated from 1190 b. c. e. Pylos is sacrificing at the posidaion and the town is bearing gifts and leading victims: To the ox-lady with lovely hair, 1 gold cup, 1 woman. Pylos is sacrificing at the shrines of preswa, iphemedeia and diwya, bearing gifts and leading victims: To preswa, 1 gold bowl, 1 woman; to diwya, 1 gold bowl, 1 woman; to hermes areias, 1 gold cup, 1 man. Pylos is sacrificing at the shrine of zeus, bearing gifts and leading victims: to zeus, 1 gold bowl, 1 man; to hera, 1 gold bowl, 1 woman; to drimios the son of zeus, 1 gold bowl. Pylos is sacrificing at sphagianes ( place of sacrifices"), bearing gifts and leading victims: