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"Cult" in the ancient context is best described as
Which figure saw connections between religion and the history of class struggle?
Which Jewish sect followed an "Oral Torah" or "Oral Law" in addition to the written Torah?
Which of these is the one essential part of any ancient Greek cult?
In the Homeric Hymn, Zeus abducts Persephone.
Priests of ancient Greek cults were primarily responsible for bringing the community together to worship the gods.
If the elements of a mythological story "stand for" something else and need to be "decoded", the myth is a(n)
Where did the mother-goddess put the baby Demophon at night?
The function of an aetiology is to provide moral instruction.
To sacrifice something is to "make it sacred."
King James bible was first published in the year
For our purposes, myths can be described as traditional stories that a society tells.
The view that the entirety of the world/cosmos is God is called
Which mother-goddess is at the center of the Homeric Hymn read in class?
The area inside the temenos of an ancient Greek cult belongs to the god or goddess who is worshipped there.
Which of these best describes the function of an ancient Greek cult building, or temple?
Which concept indicates that goods or people inside a Greek sanctuary are not to be forcibly removed?
Only unmarried males could be cult officials (priests) in the ancient Greek world.
Ancient Greeks did not pray to their gods.
The theory that the myths about Greek gods are not really about gods but are about great men and women who lived long ago is called