Book Review of Ancient Greek Religion by Jon D. Mikalson
[2023-06-30 12:56:48]
When approaching the theme of ancient Greek religion, people encountered the paradox - and we knew too much and too much. Greeks do not have religious beliefs, scriptures or religious texts in their vocabulary and they neither form clergy nor appoint anyone to exercise absolute religious authority. However, in Greek society, the ubiquity and existence of their gods consumed civilians, influenced politicians, and influenced artists. If you do not consider their religion, you can not approach every aspect of Greek life.
The religion of ancient Greece contains collections of beliefs, rituals, and myths from ancient Greece in the form of popular public religions and cult traditions. Changes in these groups are sufficient to allow people to talk about Greek religion or plural forms of "cult", most of them have similarities. Most ancient Greeks recognized twelve major Olympic gods and goddesses: (Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Ares, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Hephaestos, Hermes, Hestia, Hermes, and Hestia or Dionysus), Stoicism And some phrases like Platonism seems to assume a transcendental god Sex The worship of these gods and other gods is found throughout the Greek world, They usually have different nicknames.
The roots of the ancient Greek drama is the religion of the Olympic God, Dionysus, one of the gods of the Olympic Games in Athens, and the other Greek world. In myths, Dionysus' followers are Sartre, drunk semi-animals, half-human creatures, and mainades, or "crazy women". During ancient Greek times, the followers of Dionysus understood these roles in religious ceremonies, so they praised their gods with many dances, drinks, songs and celebrations. Members of the Dioniac cult organization always sing and dance their story as a chorus to tell a myth about their gods. About 6 th century BC, as a whole, about 2,500 years ago when a man named Thespis came out of the chorus and played the role of a character, the whole Dionyic myth was interpreted through language conversations rather than songs. He is the first actor and is considered to be the first playwright
Greek religion, religious beliefs and customs of ancient Greece. Greek religion is different from Greek mythology, which focuses on traditional stories, but both are closely related. Strangely, for those so devout, the Greeks do not know anything about religion itself; the most recent terms are eusebeia ("devout") and threskeia ("cult"). Its origins can be traced back to the furthest times, but the Greek religion lasted more than 1000 in its developed form from the Homer's era (probably the ninth or eighth century) to the reign of Emperor Julius (the 4th century) . It is a year. During this period the impact spread throughout the west, east Indus, and the Mediterranean world. The effect is most obvious to the Romans who agree with their gods and Greek gods. Under Christianity, Greek heroes and even the gods survived as saints, but Madonna, a rival in the Southern European community, reflected the independence of local cults.