01:190:207 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: James George Frazer, Eleusinian Mysteries, Deioces
14 Nov 2018
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Not knowing the answer before asking the question. A category of people who identify with each other based on similarities such as common ancestry, language, history, society, culture or nation. Usually, ethnicity is explained by a myth of common ancestry. A literary motif wherein a character descends into the underworld and meets a number of famous men & heroes in ancient terms, the process whereby a human being or mythical hero literally becomes a god. A sequence of activities involving gestures, words, and objects, performed in a sequestered place, and performed according to set sequence that is usually prescribed by a community or religion. In the divine comedy dante"s persona is guided through hell by the classical poet vergil and through purgatory by the classical poet statius. Argued that myth is designed to explain rituals. An island off the western coast of modern greece. Located of a recently discovered bronze age complex similar to mycenae and pylos.
