How Do Gods Benefit From Sacrifice Flashcards
What do the gods actually get from sacrifice ?
Gods cannot eat the meat the gods enjoy the smell of sacrifice Knisa
Redfield the gods partake in sacrifice in only the immaterial form
How do we see the importance of Knesa for the gods ?
In the Plutus by Aristophanes Hermes complains that since sacrifice had stopped he is laid low by hunger
In Birds Zeus demands the streets to be filled with Knisa
How can gods become overly reliant on sacrifice ?
Where is this seen
As Redfield cleverly argues
If you owe a bank ten thousand you’re in trouble but if you owe the bank ten million the bank is in trouble
In Birds Pisthetarius bloackades the heavens until the gods give him soveringity and Basilia for his bride
Prometheus then informs him since does this the gods have had to fast and can’t enjoy Knisa
And the gods are forced to accept his settlement
What is the real point of the sacrifice according to Redfield?
The meal it lead to
It was a special process by which men shared a meal with the gods
What is important about Odyssey book 5?
Hermes complains that with no mortals around to make sacrifice to him he was forced not to enjoy Knisa
How are the portions of the meat justified ?
In Hesiod Theogony
Prometheus set out the parts for sacrifice and Zeus picked the least edible parts out of compassion for man
How does Aristophanes Knights further the myth of Hesiod’s sacrificial justification ?
The gods complain of men eating all the best bits but they cannot come up with a good reason for why they shouldn’t
It’s obvious the Greeks are aware of the fundamental dilemma that they could afford to waste any of the meat
