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Greek & Roman Religion. Essential Question : What was the role of religion in Greek and Roman life?. World History I, Spring 2013. The Role of Religion. Greek Religion. Roman Religion. Greek mythology provided explanations of natural phenomena, human qualities, and life events. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Greek & Roman ReligionWorld History I, Spring
2013
Essential Question: What was the role of religion in Greek and Roman life?
The Role of ReligionGreek Religion Roman ReligionGreek mythology provided
explanations of natural phenomena, human qualities, and life events.
Greeks did not fear their gods, but saw them as superhuman: powerful but with flaws.
Do you think that Greek gods and goddesses still remain part of our cultural knowledge and understanding?
Evolved from Etruscan nature worship
Most worship was private
Roman families normally worshipped ancestral spirits and house godsE.g. Vesta, goddess of
the hearth
GodsZeus/Jupiter
Ruler of the Olympian Gods
God of the SkyHad a bad habit of
turning himself into animals and taking human loversE.g. Hercules was the
demigod son of ZeusJupiter was an Etruscan
god that the Romans gave Zeus’s characteristics
GodsPoseidon/Neptune
God of the Sea & Earthquakes
Along with Athena, vied for the patronage of Athens, but lost.
GodsAthena/Minerva
God of Wisdom, War, and Weaving
Virgin goddess who never consorted with mortals
Sprang from the head of Zeus
Patron goddess of Athens
Greek GodsHera/Juno
Married to ZeusGod of marriage
Also a child of Kronos and sister of Zeus
Did not like Zeus’s affairs with mortal women and often took this out on the child of that union, e.g. Hercules
Greek GodsApollo/Apollo
Son of ZeusGod of Music,
Poetry, the Sun, and Prophecy
The Oracle at Delphi was given her power by Apollo
Greek GodsArtemis/Diana
Twin sister of ApolloGod of childbirth,
hunting, and animals
Maiden divinity who never marriedDevotees to this
goddess took vows of chastity
Greek GodsAphrodite/Venus
Daughter of ZeusGod of Love and
BeautyAphrodite was born
out of sea foam that had mingled with the mutilated parts of the Titan Ouranos
Married to Hephaestus, but quite promiscuous
SourcesFarah, Mounir, and Andrea Berens.
Karls. World History, the Human Experience: The Early Ages. New York, NY: Glencoe McGraw-Hill, C2003., 2002. Print. chapters 4 and 5
Athena and Neptune story:http://151.12.58.141/virtualexhibition/contest.h
tmlInformation on the gods:
http://www.theoi.com/greek-mythology/olympian-gods.html