CLST 100 Lecture Notes - Theramenes, Odysseus, Begging

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

Document Summary

Wife of agamemnon and lover kills her husband, agamemnon. Orestes avenges his father"s death by killing both murderers. Needed purification (used blood of animal in process) by. Exegetai= official ministers of apollo: in charge of carrying out processes and were occasionally sent to delphi to seek further advice if needed. Address god at first, establish purpose of prayer, explain the their respect for the god and a request. Hands were raised towards sky if praying to olympian gods. Hands placed towards ground if praying to underworld gods. Theramenes was taken off the citizens list by kritias and even when he touched the alter(created a protection) the 30 tyrants still killed him due to lack of care for rules. Ex( odysseus supplicates alkinoos(daughter of athene) by not grasping knees because he is naked. Communities made the decision to build temples. Most civic and sacred functions were under patronage of the gods: boule (council) Artemis boulaia: agora, zeus agoraios, hermes agoraios.