The sole requirements for the Greeks were to believe that the gods existed and to perform ritual and sacrifice, through which the gods received their due. Priests simply looked after cults they did not constitute a clergy, and there were no sacred books. The most-striking characteristic of Greek religion was the belief in a multiplicity of anthropomorphic deities under one supreme god. The rediscovery of Greek literature during the Renaissance and, above all, the novel perfection of Classical sculpture produced a revolution in taste that had far-reaching effects on Christian religious art. Under Christianity, Greek heroes and even deities survived as saints, while the rival madonnas of southern European communities reflected the independence of local cults. Its effect was most marked on the Romans, who identified their deities with those of the Greeks. During that period its influence spread as far west as Spain, east to the Indus River, and throughout the Mediterranean world. Curiously, for a people so religiously minded, the Greeks had no word for religion itself the nearest terms were eusebeia (“piety”) and threskeia (“cult”).Īlthough its origins may be traced to the remotest eras, Greek religion in its developed form lasted more than a thousand years, from the time of Homer (probably 9th or 8th century bce) to the reign of the emperor Julian (4th century ce). Greek religion is not the same as Greek mythology, which is concerned with traditional tales, though the two are closely interlinked. Greek religion, religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Hellenes. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them!
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