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Essay heading: Ancient Greek and Mesopotamian Religions - A Comparison
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The Greeks on the other hand, had done most of their worship in private. They also had festivals and rituals, but their worship was much less organized. If any individual wished to pray to a god, or invoke the god's intervention, he would simply go to one of the shrines or temples to the god of their choice and leave a small gift...
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These gifts included such offerings such as frankincense, a cake, or even a large sacrifice of animals. There were also dedications of small statuettes or even large painted vases (Webster, p79). Unlike the Mesopotamians there was no class of priests nor any real religion teachings or texts. Also, no large gathering festivals took place; however small groups in recognition of the gods were common...
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