1.3 Religion and the City: Temples (Greece) Flashcards
sanctuary
an aria of holy land dedicated to a god or gods that contained the temple and altar
pollution
when a person has done something impure in the eyes of the gods
the sanctuary was often separated from the city by a…
wall
Put a sanctuary worship more than one God
a sanctuary could have temples and altars to many gods
Why would a sanctuary have water at his entrance?
For people to wash their hands and feet to stop the holy sites from being polluted
How does someone become polluted
Touching a dead person or newborn or committing homicide
Who was allowed in the temples
Only the priests
The temples orientation
East to West
Colonnade
An open air covered walkway supported by columns
cella/naos
the room of the temple that contained the cult statue
opisthodomos
The end room in a temple that contained the city or town’s treasure
Pediment
A triangular space at either end of the temple. These would be decorated with sculpture or left blank
Ionic freeze
A continuous strip of sculpture made of stone or marble that runs around the temple
Doric Frieze
A continuous strip of stone or map divided into square space is called metopes.
Priests
Priests were called hiereus
Priestesses
hiereia
mantis
A Greek sooth Sayer who reads entrails of animals or bird size to predict the outcome of future events
augur
A person who reads the flight of birds to predict the outcome of future events
Blood sacrifice
The killing of an animal as an offering to God
hecatomb
Sacrificing at least 100 oxen during large festivals
Preparation
Participants would ensure they were clean, weather best clothes, gilding the hooves of the animal, people would gather at the altar and the participant would take a handful of grain over the animal’s head causing it to give consent
gilding
The covering of the surface in a thin layer of gold
The kill
The chief sacrificer would take the knife from a basket and remove some of the animals has throwing them into the fire then the animal’s throat was cut and blood was collected in a bowl
sharing the sacrifice
none of the animal went to waste, the gods received thigh bones rapped in fat while the meat was cooked and shared
