Athenian Society: Religion, Death and Burial

Question 1

athena:

Answer 1

patron goddess of athens,

Question 2

Zeus:

Answer 2

god of gods

Question 3

hestia:

Answer 3

goddess of home, family

Question 4

religious practices;

Answer 4

festivals, sacrifices, offerings

reciprocal relationship with gods

Question 5

temples on Acropolis:

Answer 5

Erectheum–> dedicated to both Athena and Poseidon, Parthenon–> athena /has statue

Question 6

significance of acropolis:

Answer 6

bonds with gods, treasury, religious, house of gods, glorify athens power

Question 7

pananthenaia festival:

Answer 7

to athena, procession to acropolis –> give peplos onto athena statue, games, races, chariot

Question 8

significance of festival:

Answer 8

1/3 year dedicated, show appreiciation, women were equals, poor ate well, reputations: sponsor events,

Question 9

dionysia:

Answer 9

satyr tragedies, men fertility, phalloi, tribute display –> show power

Question 10

thesmophoria:

Answer 10

honour demeter and persephone, marries women, fertility

Question 11

funerary customs/ritual

Answer 11

prothesis–> body displayed, women mourn loudly

ekphora–> procession, moving body to necropolis, cremation/burial

ritual cleanse/purification–> relatives/house purified, feast