Ancient Greek Religion

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Shannon I

 

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August 13, 2011

 

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When talking about Greek religion though we must keep in mind that the Greek language did not have a term for ?religion' in the sense of what we know it to be today, rather the Greeks spoke of their religious happenings as ?ta theia', roughly translated ?having things to do with the gods'. Even though they didn't have a word for religion we cannot assume that they didn't have rules and principles that governed their practices...
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Even though they didn't have a word for religion we cannot assume that they didn't have rules and principles that governed their practices. The Greeks did have a word for belief, so the Greeks definitely believed in the gods no matter what they called the practice. There are hundreds of gods that the Greeks worshiped but there was primarily twelve: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Apollo, Aphrodite, Artemis, Ares, Hephaestus, Athena, Hermes, Dionysos, and Demeter...
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