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| ! colspan="2" | Ancient Greek religion
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| | Greek-speaking world of the Aegean and Mediterranean
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| ! Founding period
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| | Bronze Age roots; classical prominence from the 1st millennium BCE
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| | Historical tradition; revived or reconstructed by some modern Hellenic polytheists.
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| '''Ancient Greek religion''' is ancient Greek religion was a polytheistic religious system centered on gods, heroes, sacrifice, festivals, oracles, temples, and civic ritual. | | '''Ancient Greek religion''' was a polytheistic religion of the ancient Greek world centered on gods, heroes, rituals, festivals, oracles, myth, and civic cult. |
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| == Overview == | | == Overview == |
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| Ancient Greek religion was practiced across city-states and colonies with local variation. It honored Olympian gods, chthonic deities, heroes, ancestors, and divine powers associated with nature, politics, craft, war, love, wisdom, and the household. Ritual practice was often more central than fixed doctrine.
| | This starter page is intended as a neutral reference entry. It can be expanded with history, beliefs, practices, symbols, texts, branches, notable figures, and related concepts. |
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| == Key beliefs == | | == Related pages == |
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| * A pantheon including Zeus, Hera, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Demeter, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Hestia, and Dionysus
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| * Reciprocity between humans and gods through offerings and vows
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| * Hero cults and ancestral memory
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| * Fate, divine favor, pollution, purification, and justice
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| * Myths as sacred stories rather than a single fixed creed
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| == Practices ==
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| * Animal and food sacrifice
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| * Libations and prayers
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| * Public festivals, games, and dramatic performances
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| * Oracular consultation, especially at Delphi and Dodona
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| * Household worship of Hestia, ancestors, and protective powers
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| == Places of worship ==
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| * Temple
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| * Altar
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| * Sanctuary
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| * Household hearth
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| * Hero shrine
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| == Sacred texts ==
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| * Homeric epics
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| * Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days
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| * Homeric Hymns
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| * Orphic and mystery texts in some traditions
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| == Holidays and observances ==
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| * Panathenaia
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| * Dionysia
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| * Eleusinian Mysteries
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| * Olympic Games as sacred festival
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| * Thesmophoria
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| == Branches and related traditions ==
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| * [[Hellenism]] - Modern reconstructionist or revivalist forms of Greek polytheism.
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| * [[Orphism]] - Ancient mystery and poetic traditions associated with Orpheus.
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| * [[Eleusinian Mysteries]] - Initiatory cult centered on Demeter and Persephone.
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Religion]] | | * [[Religion]] |
| * [[Theology]] | | * [[Theism]] |
| | * [[Religious symbols]] |
| | * [[Religious concepts and ideals]] |
| * [[Philosophy of religion]] | | * [[Philosophy of religion]] |
| * [[New Religious Movements]]
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| * [[Indigenous and Traditional Religions]]
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| [[Category:Ancient religions]] | | [[Category:Ancient religions]] |
| [[Category:Mediterranean religions]] | | [[Category:Religion]] |
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Ancient Greek religion
Ancient Greek religion was a polytheistic religion of the ancient Greek world centered on gods, heroes, rituals, festivals, oracles, myth, and civic cult.
Overview
This starter page is intended as a neutral reference entry. It can be expanded with history, beliefs, practices, symbols, texts, branches, notable figures, and related concepts.
Related pages
