HERO CULTS and MIASMA Flashcards
1
Q
what did you need to do to become a hero
A
do something unusual (not necessarily good like cleomedes who killed 60 children after losing the olympics)
2
Q
what were the levels to heroes
A
household god like hercules, local significance, personal level
3
Q
panhellenic heroes
A
hercules, asclepius
4
Q
seaford on hero cults
A
brought community together
5
Q
burket
A
hero cults expressed local identity
6
Q
examples of how you can be polluted with miasma
A
birth, physical dirt, sex, murder, disrepecting burial, incorrectly honouring the gods
7
Q
examples of miasma in stories
A
Oedipus- plague for whole city and descendents
