HOUSEHOLD RELIGION

Question 1

were women involved in household cults

Answer 1

NO, eldest male lead it

Question 2

what were the religous reponsibilties of the household cult leader

Answer 2

tending to family tombs, welcoming sons into the phratry(brotherhood), make daily offerings to the 3 main household gods

Question 3

who 3 main household gods

Answer 3

zeus Ktesios, Zeus Herkios, Apollo Agyeios

Question 4

what was Zeus Ktesios and what was he presented by

Answer 4

protector of property and wealth, 2 handled vase draped in white ribbon filled with seed water and oil

Question 5

what was Zeus Herkios and what was he presented by

Answer 5

Zeus of the fence/enclosure of the house, statue in the courtyard with a snake to ward off evil

Question 6

what was Apollo Agyeios and what was it represented by

Answer 6

protected house from main door, statue of hercules

Question 7

what were herms

Answer 7

protective symbols outside the house and on roads, statue of head and torso usually with male genitals

Question 8

what was the importance of the hearth and fire

Answer 8

Hestia, new members of the family welcomed by walking around the fire while fruit and nuts thrown

Question 9

responsibilities of women

Answer 9

preparing the dead and lamenting them

Question 10

what was the burial process

Answer 10

body prepared, two days to lament, funeral procession (Ekphora), body cremated then a sacrifice, funeral stele if family could afford