Parallel to the development of Greek mythology was the development of Greek religion, that is, the belief in the supernatural power of the gods, reinforced by a system of cults and rituals. The religious practices of the ancient Greeks consisted primarily of sacrifices and prayers offered to ...
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Ancient Iran - The Hellenistic and Parthian periods: Between 334 and 330 bc Alexander completed the conquest of the whole Achaemenian Empire. (For the story of the conquest, see Alexander the Great and ancient Greek civilization: Alexander the Great.) Al
Greek Name Απολλων Transliteration Apollôn Latin Spelling Apollo Translation Apollo APOLLON was the Olympian god of music, poetry, prophecy, youth, healing, and the aversion of plague and harm.This page lists his many titles and epithets....
and his questioning attitude toward traditionalGreek religionis reflected in some of his plays. Of Euripides’ private life, little can be said. Later tradition invented for him a spectacularly disastrous married life. It is known that he had a wife called Melito and produced three sons. One ...
Supposed military standard [1] topped by the crescent moon and sun disc symbols Sign of Tanit,the cultic or state insignia Carthaginian Empire in 323 BC Capital Carthage Common languages Punic, Phoenician, Berber, Numidian, Iberian, Ancient Greek Religion Punic religion Demonym(s) Carthaginian...
23. 8 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) : "The way from the gymnasium [at Elis in Elis] to the baths passes through the Street of Silence and beside the sanctuary of Artemis Philomeirax. The goddess is so surnamed because she is neighbor to the gymnasium."...
He is seeking to realize the harmony of religion and morality, which the great poets Aechylus, Sophocles, and Pindar had unconsciously anticipated, and which is the universal want of all men. To this the soothsayer adds the ceremonial element, "attending upon the gods." When further ...