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- creator of the Cosmos
- supremely powerful over ALL apsects of cosmos
- supremely good: defines & judges moral behavior
- eternal & transcendent, outside/above the physical cosmos
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| The Ancient Greek Conception of the Gods |
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- Multiple Deities
- Greek "theos"- compare Latin "deus"
- polytheistic (Greek "polys"- many)
- Deities conceived in manyways as human-like
- ANTHROPOMORPHIC (Greek "anthropos"- human)
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- human form
- gender (sexual reproduction & birth)
- Human emotions & desires (interactions, etc)
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| What distinguishes Gods from Humans? |
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- immortality: gods are born but never age/die
- greater glory & beauty
- greater power, often associated with particular aspects
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| What distinguishes the ancient Greek conception of Gods from our conception of God? |
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Our Conception: eternal outside Cosmos creator of Cosmos
Ancient Greek Conception: immortal part of Cosmos created WITHIN Cosmos not supremely powerful: each God limited by others & fate
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| Visual Representations of Gods |
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- gender
- age (for males)- BEARDS
- in black figure, females are WHITE
- attributes (props, physical formities, things they wear, people they're with, animals, visual symbols signifying the God's particular area of power)
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goat skin, often fringed with snakes, gorgon head helmet, spear, shield |
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- youthful male, no beard
- lyre
- laurel
- bow & arrows
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- beard
- sceptor
- eagle
- lightning bolt
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