Greek+Religion



 By: chs1Dianne

=Greeks in ancient times were polytheistic. Polytheistic means they believe in many different gods and goddesses. They believe that almost everything was controlled by the gods and goddesses. There was a large temple in the middle of all of the towns for one god or goddess. The inside of the temple was very beautiful. There are very few temples left today. One of which is, Parthenon. The temple was in honor of Athena, she was the goddess of wisdom and war. They sacrificed animals lives for the gods and goddesses, they believed the animals was a gift from the gods. There were also holy sites to pray at, known as oracles. They also believed that nature (such as rain, snow, or sunshine) answered their questions about the world. Some things that can be demonstrated by religion is, art and philosophy. Women had a very important role in the Greek Religion. =

Zeus was the most powerful god in all the land,

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