Politics and religion

Question 1

Truce and oaths: peace treaties

Answer 1

peace treaties were sworn by oaths to the gods

Question 2

Truce and oaths: sacred truces

Answer 2

during the olympic games a sacred truce would be sworn and guaranteed by the protection of Zeus

Question 3

War and battle: gods

Answer 3

gods would be consulted before going to war

Question 4

War and battle: example of when gods were consulted for war

Answer 4

Pythia told Athens to take refuge in their wooden walls meaning ships and won victory with their navy

Question 5

victories: monuments

Answer 5

Greek alliance which fought Persians dedicated a monument Delphi to thank Apollo

Question 6

Victories: celebrated

Answer 6

Victories were celebrated with the gods in mind and often dedicated to a god or gods

Question 7

Law courts and assemblies: how did the opening ceremony of the assembly begin

Answer 7

with a sacrifice of a piglet

Question 8

Law courts and assemblies: what privilege did religious items receive

Answer 8

they were delt with first

Question 9

Sparta: how were spartan kings regarded

Answer 9

godlike

Question 10

sacred spaces in the city: Temenos

Answer 10

sacred wall separating a sanctuary from the space around it

Question 11

sacred spaces in the city: civic funds

Answer 11

often held in treasuries and sacred buildings e.g. the Parthenon

Question 12

sacred spaces in the city: Agora

Answer 12

the main civic, political and economic centre but also filled with religious sites