FAH206H1 Lecture : Religion and Cult
Document Summary
Human and animal depictions: most of the time connected with the sacred, ethic, religious. Religion and cult: bronze age we see activity that has to be associated with sacred because location is not near settlement. Religion and cult: on ceramics, sometimes by themselves and sometimes with horns of concentration, sometimes painted over bulls head (ceramics, ritual sacrifice of bull, shown on larynx. Shrine at phylakopi (on melos: both male and female figurines, female figurine lady of phylakopi". Installations: benches, platforms: bench altars with large human figurines and bivouacs and small human and animal figurines and chariot groups, male and female figurines associated with separate altars. Grotesque" clay figurines (50-60 cm tall), some female. 2 finer and smaller figurines found in alcove and coiled snakes. Shrine of double axes at knossos: elements of content from earlier minoan cult, contrast with palatial control of cult as seen in earlier temple restorations. Iconography: cult image; richly repeated symbols; gestures of adoration.