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- - - - the actions achieved do not have to be positive
- - - - informational of what the greeks thought of the gods in 700 BC
      - focusses on the creation of the gods
      - not written by homer, but uses the same homeric epic style
      - explains the cause for the gods' cults
    - - in works and days, Hesiod describes how to live a morally good life, which requires the gods
      - emphasises the power of zeus in works and days
      - the theogony is used to describe the birth of the gods, why they are deserving of worship and how mortals should treat them
    - - the Iliad and the odyssey are set in a world of heroes where deities play significant roles
      - the olympians often involve themselves with mortal affairs
      - portrayed as powerful but capricious
  - - - demonstrated on the panathenaic amphora with athenas human form
    - - seen in the odyssey with poseidons hatred for odysseus
  - - - the gods loved to be honoured, and in return provided aid to the mortals
      - greeks honoured the gods in a variety of ways, such as sacrifice, libations, prayers and votive offerings
      - the gods provided myortals with aid in every aspect of life; marriage, health, war
- - - - athena was associated with athens, but had sanctuaries across the greek world
        
        athena chalkioikos in sparta
        
        athena pronoia in delphi (forethought)
        
        athena lindia in rhodes
        
        athena alea in the Peloponnese
  - - - in the athenian deme erchia, the heroes epops, leucaspis and menedeius are not worshipped anywhere else