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Greek religion
Greek religion religious beliefs and practices of the ancient inhabitants of the region of Greece. Origins Although its exact origins are lost in time, Greek religion is thought to date from about the period of the Aryan invasions of the 2d millennium BC Those invaders encountered two o... Read more
religion
religion a system of thought, feeling, and action that is shared by a group and that gives the members an object of devotion; a code of behavior by which individuals may judge the personal and social consequences of their actions; and a frame of reference by which individuals may relate to their gr... Read more
Roman religion
Roman religion the religious beliefs and practices of the people of ancient Rome. The spirits were held in awe and were placated with offerings and prayers. Origins and Development The indigenous Italic religion, which was the nucleus of the religion of ancient Rome, was essentially animi... Read more
ancient Greek literature
ancient Greek literature the writings of the ancient Greeks. The Greek Isles are recognized as the birthplace of Western intellectual life. Early Writings The earliest extant European literary works are the Iliad and the Odyssey, both written in ancient Greek probably before 700 BC, a... Read more
Tethys
Tethys in Greek religion and mythology, a Titan, daughter of Gaea and Uranus. She was the wife of the seagod Oceanus and the mother of the Oceanids. ... Read more
Erebus
Erebus , in Greek religion and mythology, personification of darkness. According to Hesiod, Erebus sprang from Chaos and was the father of Day. His name was sometimes used for Hades. ... Read more
Nemesis
Nemesis , in Greek religion and mythology, personification of the gods' retribution for violation of sacred law; the avenger. Sometimes she was said to be the goddess of good and ill fortune. ... Read more
Pontus
Pontus , in Greek religion and mythology, sea god. He was the son of Gaea and by her the father of Ceto, Nereus, Thaumus, Phorcus, and Eurybia. ... Read more
Jane Ellen Harrison
Jane Ellen Harrison 1850-1928, English classical scholar. She applied archaeological discoveries in the interpretation of Greek religion. Her works include Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion (1903), Themis (1912), Ancient Art and Ritual (1913), and Epilegomena to the Study of Greek R... Read more
Astraea
Astraea , in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of justice; daughter of Zeus and Themis. Because of the wickedness of man, she withdrew from the earth at the end of the Golden Age and was placed among the stars as the constellation Virgo. ... Read more

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Greek religion
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Greek religion religious beliefs and practices of the...its exact origins are lost in time, Greek religion is thought to date from about the period...the first clear picture of the early Greek religion as it evolved from a blending of Achaean...
Greek Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America ...homogeneous nation speaks Greek, and one percent, Turkish...church is the dominant religion; only about 1.5 percent...percentage is Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic, or Jewish...cross symbolizes the Greek Orthodox religion, while the blue stripes...
Greek Cypriots
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Cyprus POPULATION: 736,636 LANGUAGE: Greek; Turkish; English RELIGION: Greek Orthodox; Islam; Maronitism; Armenian Apostolicism...fingered). 5 • RELIGION The major religion of the Greek Cypriot population is Greek Orthodox. However...
religion
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...In a third class of religion—usually heavily...fertility Ishtar, the Greek sea-god Poseidon...Theologians and philosophers of religion agree that these religions...Hinduism and ancient Greek religion), in which there are...
ancient Greek literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...great Roman work produced under Greek influence was the philosophical...the spread of Christianity, Greek writing took a new turn, and much of the writing of the Greek Fathers of the Church is eloquent. Religion dominated the literature of the...
Greek Mystery Schools
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained Greek Mystery Schools T he origin...substance of the state religion of ancient Greece was...followers of the state religion could worship the god...addition to the state religion into which every Greek belonged automatically...
Orthodoxy, Greek
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...ORTHODOXY, GREEK. The life of the Greek Orthodox Church (i.e., the Greek-speaking part of the Orthodox...May 1453. CHURCH AND STATE The Greek Orthodox Church had not only been the official religion of the now defunct empire, it had...
Religion and Values, Origins of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion Religion and Values, Origins...translating Hebrew and Greek economic terms referring to price. The word religion includes the Latin...insight developed that religion was about life in its...divine Spirit or Wind (Greek: pneuma ) breathes...
Science and Religion, Research in
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion Science and Religion, Research in It is essential...it in Groundwork of Science and Religion (2000)? Neither Ancient Greek culture, nor the "Golden Age...The character of the science-religion debate The apparent unity of the...
Christianity, Evangelical, Issues in Science and Religion
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion ...Evangelical, Issues in Science and Religion The term evangelical (from the Greek word for gospel) has several...development that emphasizes personal religion (focused on Christ), Biblical...biological evolution and Biblical religion. There were, of course...

Dictionary entries related to "Greek religion"

Greek religion
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Greek religion The religion of the ancient Greek world. It was polytheistic, involving the worship of several gods and goddesses. The most important deities were the sky-god Zeus (ruler of Olympus), his wife Hera (goddess of marriage...
Roman religion
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Roman religion The religion of the Roman republic and empire. In its developed form it came to have much in common with GREEK RELIGION , although it contained elements of Etruscan and other native Italian...
religion
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...Judaism in Acts 26: 5, but the same Greek noun is also used in Col. 2...in 1 Tim. 3: 16 (‘religion’, NRSV) is denoted by a different Greek word. Two sorts of ‘religion’, bad and good, are...
Religion: Overview
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...x2014; common, or koine Greek — also predated Latin...2000s are derived the word "religion." So, although English translations routinely use "religion" or "godliness" to translate such Greek terms as eusebia (1 Timothy...
Greek
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...are in literary Hellenistic Greek; the other Prophets, Pss...in an uneducated vernacular Greek, frequently ungrammatical...When Christianity became the religion of the Empire, Christians shared the education of the Greek world. A deliberate cultivation...
Clement of Alexandria
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...had intellectual pretensions and a religion of simple faith, seeing in Christianity...both of the OT Scriptures and of Greek philosophy. He depicts the Logos...exposing the error and immorality of Greek religion and leading people, through Baptism...
Pythagoreanism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...historical Pythagoras was born on the Greek island of Samos circa 570 b.c...women, and was influenced by the Greek mystery religion of Orphism, which taught reincarnation...in experimental terms, ancient Greek science was mathematical; and while...
Proclus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...broad interest in all products of Greek culture, in religion, literature, science, and philosophy...information regarding this last stage of Greek culture; and because of their...embody an impressive restatement of Greek rationalism in its last confrontation...
mystery
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...dealing with a puzzling crime, esp. a murder. 3. ( mysteries ) the secret rites of Greek and Roman pagan religion, or of any ancient or tribal religion, to which only initiates are admitted. ∎  the practices, skills...
mysteries
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable mysteries the secret rites of Greek and Roman pagan religion, or of any ancient or tribal religion, to which only initiates are admitted.

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Ancient Greek Religion.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; Ancient Greek Religion. By Jon D. Mikalson. (Oxford...This book is a first introduction to Greek religion in the Classical period (c. 500...By design, therefore, Ancient Greek Religion is a primer written along narrow...
A companion to Greek religion.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2007; 420 words ; 9781405120548 A companion to Greek religion. Ed. by Daniel Ogden. Blackwell...archaeologists discuss various aspects of Greek religion during the archaic, classical...and magic; and intersections of Greek religion with literature, philosophy...
Animal Sacrifice In Ancient Greek Religion, Judaism, And Christianity, 100 BC to AD 200.(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch; 10/1/2008; 618 words ; Animal Sacrifice In Ancient Greek Religion, Judaism, And Christianity...Animal Sacrifice In Ancient Greek Religion, Judaism, And Christianity...Animal Sacrifice In Ancient Greek Religion, Judaism, And Christianity...
Greek religion and culture, the Bible, and the ancient Near East.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2008; 450 words ; 9789004164734 Greek religion and culture, the Bible, and the ancient Near East. Bremmer, Jan...Groningen) traces Near Eastern traditions into ancient Greece, uses Greek evidence to elucidate biblical stories, and explores other dimensions...
The goddess and the warrior: the naked goddess and Mistress of Animals in early Greek religion. (Review articles: on Archaic Greek orientalizing -- weird or woolly?). (book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...and Mistress of Animals in early Greek religion. xiii+162 pages, 124 figures...MICHAEL SHANKS. Art and the early Greek state: an interpretive archaeology...orientalizing' iconography in Greek art of the 8th and especially 7th...
With Unperfumed Voice: Studies in Plutarch, in Greek Literature, Religion and Philosophy, and in the New Testament Background
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/2010; ; 700+ words ; ...Studies in Plutarch, in Greek Literature, Religion and Philosophy, and...Studies in Plutarch, in Greek Literature, Religion, and Philosophy...Isis Is a Greek Word': Plutarch...Allegorization of Egyptian Religion"; '"Great Royal...
PARISHIONERS SUE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH.(RELIGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 2/7/2004; 700+ words ; Byline: KEVIN ECKSTROM Religion News Service Lay activists in the Greek Orthodox Church filed suit in New York this week, accusing church leaders of imposing a harsh new constitution that ignores the...
READING THE BIBLE IN GREEK ENLIGHTENS WORK.(RELIGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/24/1999; 700+ words ; ...its most profound form, go back to the Greek language in which it was first penned...language. ``Reading it in its original Greek is like seeing the world in color...began teaching a four-month series on the Greek New Testament for members of his congregation...
Young voices in tune with church choir; Scholarship program helps attract new members to St. Sophia Greek Orthodox group.(Religion)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 10/7/2006; 670 words ; ...bring young people back to the St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church youth choir, membership...over a decade. To maintain and cultivate Greek culture, Serras and several other members...pride among young churchgoers in their Greek heritage and language," Serras said...
LAY GROUP ASKS WIDER ROLE IN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH.(Religion)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/7/1990; 700+ words ; ...receptions, speeches, awards, concerts, dinners and other social events usually characterize national conventions of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Americas. But this time, something different is in the offing, and it may jar the customarily graceful...