Ancient Greek religion
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title:
Ancient Greek religion
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Religious practices in ancient Greece encompassed a collection of beliefs, rituals, and mythology, in the form of both popular public religion and cult practices. The application of the modern concept of "religion" to ancient cultures has been questioned as anachronistic. The ancient Greeks did not have a word for 'religion' in the modern sense. Likewise, no Greek writer known to us classifies either the gods or the cult practices into separate 'religions'. Instead, for example, Herodotus speaks
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Religion in ancient Greece
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_religion
date created:
2003-07-21T01:34:19Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T20:20:52Z
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