Classical Studies 1000 Midterm: January 20th 2020 textbook

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Bernd Steinbock

Document Summary

8th century was rise of religious sanctuaries and festivals that were not merely local but. The most famous sanctuary were zeus and hera at olympia, those of apollo and artemis at. Delos, and the oracles of zeus at dodona and of apollo at delphi. Panhellenic festivals fostered a sense of greek identity, reinforcing a feeling that greeks everywhere shared a common heritage, language and religion. The 8th century had a new interest in the bronze age ancestors . Suddenly in750, greeks everywhere began to express their connection to the heroic past in new and dramatic wats. Numerous ancient tombs had been ignored throughout early iron age began to receive votive offerings and their anonymous inhabitants were now worshiped as heroes . Some cult heroes were identified with legendary figures and honored not at graves but at special shrines set up to them, such as the precints sacred to agamemnon at mycenae and to.