temples and that Flashcards
how is the zeus statue portayed as powerful
it was so huge and complex it was considered one of the seven wonders of the world
the effot to build shows the power of religion and need to appease
he holds an eagle which is a symbol of authority
he holds nike which implies his happiness is needed for them to be victorious
he towers over the entrance showing his superiority
how were temples significant in ancient times
they were very complex and beautiful to appease the gods
they were in prominent parts of the city so easily accesable and important
sides offten depicted relevant metopes
they were to host a god and make them feel liked and hence help them with their desired trait
what was similar in roman and greek temples
they both had collums and metopes and that on the outside
the middle always
a cella- small room where the statue is or the emporer for romans
altar in front of the statue for offerings
whta was the cella
small room where the cult statue was housed, or the dead roman emporer
there was an alter for offerings to appease them
where was the parthenon
in the acropolis in greece, a rocky hill that look down upon athens
wyat was the significance of the parthenon
it looked from a height down upon athens, could be seen throughout the city
built at the peak of athens shows athenian glory and was covered in relevant athenian myths
shows dedication to gods as its a larger scale and all 92 metopes are hand carved
greater physically than olympia possibly to show their power as a city, outdoing one of the seven world wonders
the building represented tehir victory over the persians- appeases athena and nike
where was the temple of zeus
in the south of greece
what was the significance of the temple of zeus
it was for a long time greeces largest and most famous temple which is fitting as its for the king of the gods
the statue inside was complex and famed as one of the worlds wonders
it was build after a victory and is an offering of thanks, he is holding the goddess nike
what was the job of the hiera
very similar to a priest
wpuld perform rites and sacrifices at a specific temple
GREEK
wat did the mantis do
they were not attached to a specific temple
they interpretted the will of the gods from animal entrails after overseeing a sacrifice
what were the purposes of an animal sacrifice
offering as a thanks or a request to the gods
for a mantis to interpret the will of the gods through entrails
they could be combined to see the gods will over a particular request
what was the story for the distribution of greek sacrifice
prometheus gave zeus the option of the larger bag of bones or the smaller but better bag of fat, zeus chose the bones accidentally and so thats why the bones are offered to the god.
what are greek temple workrs
the hiera and the manetis
how were temples significant in rome
everywhere they would conquer theyd build one dedicated to jupter their protecter god
they were more of a social event for festivals and that compared to Greece. They were in important parts of the city to show its importance and its accesibility to all
they would hold dedicated festivals to the city of rome to exert their power over their conquered areas
how did romans use religion for political power
they would build a Jupiter temple everywhere they went to spread their religious beliefs and to ensure they had Jupiter’s protection
they would hold festivals celebrating their city of rome in order to indicate the control of rome over their conquered lands
