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Sanctuaries And Priesthood Flashcards

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Features

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Temenos
Horoi / peribolos
Altar
Perirrhanterion
Statues

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Temenos

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Land dedicated to a deity
Prohibited from common use

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Horoi / peribolos

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Boundary markers
Stones
Walls

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Perirrhanterion

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Ritual water basin

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Peristyle

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External colonnade on four sides

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Hiera

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Sacred area managed by priests / priestesses

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Sacrifice

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Followed religious ceremony
Blood sacrifice most important

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Sacrificial ritual

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Selection and preparation of animal
Procession to alter in temenos
Killing and tripartite divide of meat
Communal feast

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Votives

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Personal or state dedications
Statues/statuettes
Trade tools
War spoils
Placed in Temenos

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