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Greek Politics and Religion - Coggle Diagram
Greek Politics and Religion
Politics and Religion mixing
relation to war
Greeks would swear an oath to Zeus when signing treaties
sacred truce throughout the Olympic games
ended all conflict
when cities made war they would always consult gods
Spartans before battle of Plateau
Athenians being told by Pythia about refige
Athenians went to thee Pythia about the Persians and got told to take refuge behind their "wooden walls"
would celebrate gods after war
Athenians erected a Stoa at Delphi after Persian wars
Greek alliance in Persian war also dedicated aa monument at Delphi thanking Apollo for his help
Spartans would stop already going on expeditions or abandon them due to bad omens
Leonides leading the Spartans to death at Thermopylae due to a Delphic oracle
tradition
opening ceremony of the Athenian assembly featured a sacrifice involving the blood of a piglet splattering over the members
the 2 kings of Sparta believed to from Zeus twin sons
also descendants of Heracles
Spartan kings meant to perfor all public sacrifices on the city's behalf
spartan king in charge of communicating with the |Delphic aspect of the religion
political agenda
political items of conversation would be the first thing dealt with at 2 of the 4 assembly meetings over a month
law enforcement
cases of damage to Olive trees of Athena
civic money stored in religious buildings
the political area of the agora was filled with religious building like the temple of Apollo
all religious activity funded by the state
Politics and Religion not mixing