greek religion
ch5 civ
ch5 Quiz Quote
ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή
Ὁ λαγώς, “The Hare”
Oral Greek...
grk 101
ch5
3
ὁ Φίλιππος λαγὼν ὁρᾷ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ τρέχοντα καὶ βοᾷ,
“ἴθι, δή, Ἄργε, δίωκε.”
Things to Review
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Vocab
alpha-contracts
article + δέ (“article at the beginning of a sentence”)
neuter plural subjects (“agreement of subject and
verb”)
personal pronouns
intensive αὐτός (“the adjective αὐτός)
Possessive pronouns and adjectives
Predicate Position
ὁράω, “See”
uncontracted
contracted
present indicative active:
I seeὁρ-ά-ω
ὁρ-ῶ
you seeὁρ-ά-εις
ὁρ-ᾷς
he/she/it seesὁρ-ά-ει
ὁρ-ᾷ
we seeὁρ-ά-ομεν
ὁρ-ῶμεν
you seeὁρ-ά-ετε
ὁρ-ᾶτε
they seeὁρ-ά-ουσῐ(ν)
ὁρ-ῶσι(ν)
present imperative, infinitive active
(you sing.) see!ὅρ-α-ε
ὅρ-ᾱ
(you plur.) see!ὁρ-ά-ετε
ὁρ-ᾶτε
to seeὁρ-ά-ειν
ὁρ-ᾶν
ὁ Φίλιππος λαγὼν ὁρᾷ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ τρέχοντα καὶ βοᾷ,
“ἴθι, δή, Ἄργε, δίωκε.”
Personal Pronouns
1st per
2nd per
“I”
“you”
singular
masc/fem
“he”/“she”/ “it”
masc
fem
neut
gen ἐμοῦ / μου σοῦ / σου
αὐτοῦ
αυτῆς
αὐτοῦ
dat ἐμοί / μοι
σοί / σοι
αὐτῷ
αὐτῇ
αὐτῷ
acc ἐμέ / μέ
σέ / σε
αὐτόν
αὐτήν
αὐτό
nom ἐγώ
plural
“we”
masc/fem
3rd per
σύ
“you(-all)”
“they”
nom ἡμεῖς
ὑμεῖς
gen ἡμῶν
ὑμῶν
αὐτῶν
αυτῶν
αὐτῶν
dat ἡμῖν
ὑμῖν
αὐτοῖς
αὐταῖς
αὐτοῖς
acc ἡμᾶς
ὑμᾶς
αὐτούς
αὐτάς
αὐτά
Examples-Drill Models
• ὁ Φίλιππος...
– τὸν λαγὼν ὁρᾷ αὐτός
– ὁρᾷ αὐτόν (αὐτήν / αὐτό / αὐτούς / αὐτάς / αὐτά)
• ὁ λαγὼς...
– ὁρᾷ τὸν Φίλιππον αὐτόν
– ὁρᾷ με (σε, ἡμεῖς, ὑμεῖς)
Greek Religion
Civ Reading
Students’ Comments
• Moral focus?
• Dogmatic focus?
– Acceptability of atheism? (Evidence for in the sources?)
– Belief in free will?
• Religion as explanation of?...
• Professionalized priesthoods?
– Informal priesthoods?
• Nature of prayer?
– Relation to offerings
– Role of sacrifice
• Poly- versus monotheism
– Which god for what…
– Polytheism a thing of the past
• Connection to/distance from the divine?
– Universal versus limited presence
concepts, terms
• hiera (neut. plur.) = SACRIFICE
• “victim” = (animal) offering
• reciprocity
Ram led to sacrifice
religious space: the temple
naos
altar
Athena Nike (Athens, Acropolis)
temple (cont.)
N
pronaos (entry porch)
east
altar (sacrifice)
naos (god’s statue, offerings)
main focus
temenos (sacred area) wall
Epithets, Function: Aphrodite
epithet
meaning
function
Ourania
Heavenly
marriage, childbirth
Pandemos
“Everyone’s”
marriage, politics,
prostitution
Hegemone
Leader-Guide
Military, civic,comingof-age
Kolias
“She of Cape Kolias” marriage, fertility
en kēpōi
“In the Gardens”
marriage, fertility (?)
Pontia
of the sea
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