Cult Functionaries 1.The most important rites of the Greeks--sacrifice, libation--could be performed by anyone, the purpose of priesthoods was to have an appropriate person look after the possessions of the deity in question and carry out specific rites. 2. Gender, age, specific families are the issues to think about when selecting priest,in other instances, the functionary was chosen by lot. 3...
Dionysos, Mainads, Satyrs 1. Dionysos, generally associated with wine, was the god of liminality--the crossing over of categorical boundaries and the mixing up of established states of being. the categories he crossed are god-mortal,male-female,human-animal,and sane-mad. 没有阶级这个category. 2. Dionysos caused gender inversions. this was most evident in the god's fan club-the mainads. 3. M...
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Minoan Religion 1. It would appear that the Minoan goddesses were associated with flowers,trees,snaks,monkeys and even birds------in short, they were nature goddesses. But, we must remember that for the Minoans, there was not really a life outside of the natural. For the Minoans, to be a goddess of nature implied being a goddess of life,health,sustenance,healing,technology and the economy, NOT ...
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1. Greek politics came full circle, now under the authority of semidivine kings assisted by companions, much like the mycenaean wanakes. 2. It is Alexander who divinized the Macedonian royalty, he was told that he is the son of amun in Libya,then Egypt pharaoh adopted him as a son, made him a legitimate pharaoh who is god Horus. 3. Persians treated Alex with all due persian respect, but that is...
虽然古代希腊人无论对于个人还是城邦的理念都是强调独立自主和自给自足的，但政治联盟终归不可避免，三种形式： 1.Amphictionies，以宗教为基础的联盟，如著名的DELPHI联盟，彼此不干涉政治事务，只讨论宗教事务，这是联盟最老的一种形式。 2.Hegemonic，有霸主，有政治干预，如第二次雅典联盟（第一次雅典联盟即提洛联盟或雅典帝国），科林斯联盟（由马其顿主导, this was probably the first thing the Greeks had ever done ...
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