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Scholarship Greek Religion Flashcards

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Who said religion was intuitive vs reflective cognition?

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Larson

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Who said Greek religion was far less organised than modern religions?

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Seaford

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Who said the gods are the main source of comedy in the Iliad?

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Redfield

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Who said Homer’s epics are full of really impressive gods who deserve the worship they receive?

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Griffin

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What does Kearns say is the most general and far-reaching distinction between the gods in the Iliad and in worship?

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In the Iliad gods are precisely defined individuals, where cult was concerned there were multiple versions of gods

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Who says we would be wrong to imagine divinity in Homer as purely fiction and not part of Greek religion?

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Gould

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Who says that in Homer all sorts of not very heroic qualities are allowed to enter the lives of the gods?

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Kirk

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Who says it is natural to imagine the gods as men who are more than men- physically more perfect, taller etc?

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Gould

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Who says heroes and gods were of equal importance?

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Ekroth

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What does Ekroth say the attraction of hero-cults was?

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They were local and more unique than panhellenic gods

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Who said the Greeks had a tendency to appeal to a plurality of gods to recruit a team?

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Parker

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Who says in Greek ritual’s assumptions about the nature of divinity we encounter contradiction and ambiguity?

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Gould

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Who says the personality of the gods is what allows us to pray to them?

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Dowden

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Who does Burkert say were the authorities to whom the Greeks appealed?

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Hesiod and Homer

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Who said the expectations men have of one another, of reciprocity, is carried over into their expectations of divinity?

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Gould

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Who said Hesiod and Homer provided the visualisation and imagination of how men and gods interacted?

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Aston

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Who said religion impregnated every civic activity?

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Zaidman

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What did Haynes say about Euripides?

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He has deliberately challenging views so isn’t a reliable representation of views at the time
However the issues raised may reflect prevalent issues in society

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Who says libations, prayers, sacrifices and other key institutions of Greek religion were the stuff of polis as well as personal religion?

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Kindt

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What does Kindt say about personal religion mapping onto other forms of religion?

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Personal religion mapped onto the religions of the family and household, which mapped onto the religion of the city

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What does Kindt say about mystery cults?

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In mystery cults personal religion was an individual engagement with the supernatural that drew on a larger communal context

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Who says we have to admit our ignorance about initiation into the Eleusinian mysteries?

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Garland

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What do Zaidman and Patel say the value of the Eleusinian intitiation process lay in to the Greeks?

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The long period of preparation- a process of internal transformation

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What does Clinton say the purpose of the secrecy in the Eleusinian mystery cult was?

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To help ensure the experience was extraordinary

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What do Zaidman and Pantel say made Epidauros important?

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It enabled the sick to go on hoping

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Who said purification is a social process?

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Burkert

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Who said purification was atonement?

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Burkert

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What does Burkert say about funerary customs?

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They asserted traditions across generations and strengthened family solidarity.

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What does Kindt say about the different levels of religious practice?

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There was no single belief or practice which qualified as personal or civic, individual or official

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What does Sourvino-Irnwood say about the link between society and religion?

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All relationships and bonds including social and political ones, were expressed through cult

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Who said personal dedications received a public dimension by being put on display in a sanctuary?

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Kindt

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Who said religion impregnated each and every civic activity?

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Bruit-Zaidman

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Who said every group of citizens saw itself as dependent upon and linked to the gods?

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Garland

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What did Garland say about the involvement of women in religion?

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May have offered psychological and social benefits to women.

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What did Garland say about miasma?

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It was transmitted by contact so unless contained could pollute the entire community. Death was much more polluting than birth.

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What did Robertson say about the battles shown on the Parthenon?

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They were no doubt meant to recall the defeat of the Persians

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What did Garland say about propylaeas?

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They marked the division between secular and religious space, enhancing the drama upon entering holy ground

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Who said the Parthenon was not much more than a vanity box built to show off the chryselephantine statue of Athena?

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Garland

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Who says the Parthenon seems to be designed to emphasise Athenian imperialism?

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Robertson

40
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What does Dowden say about Delphi?

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The oracular function uniquely crosses the divide between man and god, making Apollo very special among gods

41
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What does Garland credit Delphi’s importance to?

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Its distance from any major centre until the 360s BC meant it couldn’t be manipulated by a powerful neighbour

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Who says the requirement of human intellect to interpret the vague oracle was integral to the experience?

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Garland

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What does Clinton argue about the Ninnion tablet?

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Both goddesses are Demeter

44
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Who said the Parthenon is one of the most important buildings in human history?

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Scott

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Who suggests Socrates advocates a life of detachment from civic concerns and indifference to civic values?

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McKenzie

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Who said Pheidias’ two chryselephantine statues were the culmination of all Greek religious art to the Greeks?

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Burkert

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Who said the caryatids are reminiscent of the Panathenaic procession?

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Harris and Zucker

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Who argues that religious ritual was a way of negating the constant threat of chaos beyond the worshipper’s control?

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Gould

49
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Who says sacrifice means community for men?

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Burkert

50
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Who says leaders in rituals often obtained their authority through economic power?

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Burkert

51
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Who says religious authority lay in the hands of the state and state alone?

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Chanitois

52
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Who argues that the purpose of sacrifice was fundamentally for eating the meat?

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Detienne

53
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Who suggests that the Ancient Greeks believed that the gods derived pleasure and sustenance from the smoke of the sacrificial victim that rose up to Olympus?

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Garland

54
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Who argues that the importance of the meal in a sacrifice didn’t detract from the religious element?

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Garland

55
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Who said women’s religious roles often mirrored their domestic duties?

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McClure

56
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Who said the most important part of a sanctuary was the altar not the temple?

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Scott

57
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Who argues that it wouldn’t make sense for women to have any more freedoms religiously than otherwise, so we should assume they were generally excluded?

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Detienne

58
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Who says the rise in intellectual thinking in the 5th century seems to barely effect religious practice?

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Burkert

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Who suggests it was possible that Euripides was an atheist due to his consistent negative portrayal of the gods?

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Garland

60
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Who thinks it is unlikely Socrates mocked traditional observances like some of the sophists?

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Garland

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Who suggests that ‘philosophical religion’ is not a separate religion but personal variations of shared religious beliefs?

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Kindt

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Who suggests that conservative Athenians were looking for someone to blame for new ideas and the loss of the empire so blamed Socrates?

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Parker

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Who argues that Socrates’ method would have been deeply irritating?

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Parker

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Who suggests that the whole of Socrates’ trial was a facade to hide political motivations?

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Vlastos

65
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Who argues that actions were more important than belief in the ancient world?

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Giordano-Zecharya

66
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Who argues that Socrates was seen as a religious deviant?

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Taylor

67
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Who said Ancient Greek religious practice was based on time honoured observances?

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Hemingway

68
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Who said Socrates’ questioning of common concepts formed part of a wider trend?

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Hermann

69
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Who said the Greeks did clearly believe in the gods?

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Grigsby

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Who said it wasn’t illegal to not believe in the gods- examples of those who didn’t and weren’t punished- all examples of those tried for impiety had political element?

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Grigsby

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Who said Disrespect of the gods was seen as a threat to maintaining good relations in the polis?

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Grigsby

72
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Who said religious trials were always charges made by individuals not the state?

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Grigsby

73
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Who says the vast majority of Greeks would not have taken myths literally- they removed practice from myths?

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Grigsby

74
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Who said Socrates made enemies and was annoying but not illegal?

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Grigsby

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