GEOG 1410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Alterity, Dionysia, Athenian Festivals
3 Nov 2017
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Making other offerings (example burning offerings, metal offers) It is about organizing the community and individually making offerings. The animals are special animals- ox are special through the color or that they never touched a plow. In return, gods protected an benefited those who honored them. Do it des = i give so that you may give. Demigods- heracles is famous hero that is associated with divine and mortal. You honor heroes differently than you honor gods. Athena is known for her cunning and her martial. She is wisdom ( she is a personification) Isis who is egyptian is worshipped in greece. We have all multiple gods that are part of this nexus we are talking about. You will have officials who will run this place- managing the money etc. The building temple of athena nike and it is civic action to decide who is going to be the priestess. Priesthoods could be hereditary in particular aristocratic families.
