Ancient Greek Beliefs and Customs

[Gregory Hewett]

Welcome Back!

Respond to the following questions:

1. How were Greek religious beliefs and Greek literature linked? Write your answer as a generalization.

2. What role did religious festivals play in Greek life?

3. How are the Iliad and the Odyssey connected?

4. What lesson might the Greeks have learned from the the myth of Prometheus?

5. Why might Atalanta prefer not to marry?

[sihyun]

1. How were Greek religious beliefs and Greek literature linked? Write your answer as a generalization.
All the Greek literatures were stories or epic poems about Greek’s gods, goddesses, heroes, and the story explains the creation of the world. For example how Prometheus stole fire from the god and gave it to the humans.

2. What role did religious festivals play in Greek life?
Religious festivals played a lot in Greeks life. Almost all the festivals were to honor the gods and there were certain dates when they had to honor the gods. For example, the Olympics were a festival to honor Zeus.

3. How are the Iliad and the Odyssey connected?
Iliad was the story about the Trojan War and Odysseys is the story of the people from the war trying to go back to their home after the Trojan War.

4. What lesson might the Greeks have learned from the myth of Prometheus?
From the myth of Prometheus, Greeks might have learned how much the Gods cared about them and how they should honor the gods.

5. Why might Atlanta prefer not to marry?
Atlanta did not wanted to marry because if she married someone she would not be able to run in foot races, which she was really fast at, because only unmarried girls were allowed in the race.
;D Si Hyun

[aleena]

1. How were Greek religious beliefs and Greek literature linked? Write your answer as a generalization.

The Greeks believe in gods and goddesses, but the stories of who they are, what they do, and how they do things, are made of myths. Myths are a great part of Greek literature. The stories of gods and goddesses didn’t only come from stories (or myths) they also came from long poems called epic poems. Epic poems tell stories or some warriors and gods (goddesses)

2. What role did religious festivals play in Greek life?

Religious festivals were held to honor the gods. Each god or goddess had a festival to honor them. The Greeks did these festivals so the gods and goddesses wouldn’t get angry at them. An angry god or goddess means trouble. During these special festivals they made sacrifices, processions, races, and other athletic games.
Example: During the festival for Athena, a new robe was put on her statue in her main temple. Also for one of Zeus’ big festivals they held the Olympics.

3. How are the Iliad and the Odyssey connected?

They are both an epic poem. They are both part of one, just split into two parts. The Iliad is the first part. It is about how the Trojans stole a Greeks wife, so they Greeks surrounded the city of Troy for 10 years. Then they put themselves in a Trojan horse to get in. The Iliad is known for portraying great heroes.
The Odyssey is the “Part 2” of the poem. It is about how the Greeks had a long journey back home after the war. It took them over 9 years to get back home.


4. What lesson might the Greeks have learned from the myth of Prometheus?

The Greeks might have learned that if you mess with a god and make a god angry, you would be punished severly. Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans but as punishment Zeus chained him to a rock forever.



5. Why might Atalanta prefer not to marry?

Maybe Atalanta didn’t want to marry because she wouldn't be able to race. In the festivals like Hera's only unmarried women competed in races.


-Aleena

[aran]

1. How were Greek religious beliefs and Greek literature linked? Write your answer as a generalization.


2. What role did religious festivals play in Greek life?
Religious festivals were made to honor the gods. People even played in games in those festivals. For example the Olypics was made to honor Zeus. Each god had a festival.

3. How are the Iliad and the Odyssey connected?


4. What lesson might the Greeks have learned from the the myth of Prometheus?


5. Why might Atalanta prefer not to marry?
Most of the men weren’t able to do as many things as her.


Aran Selhi

[katrina]

1. How were Greek religious beliefs and Greek literature linked? Write your answer as a generalization.



2. What role did religious festivals play in Greek life?

The Greeks believed a God or Goddess protected a city. So, religious festivals were held to honor them. In Greek life, religious festivals played important roles. During these festivals, the Greeks made sacrifices and had public ceremonies.


3. How are the Iliad and the Odyssey connected?

The Iliad and Odyssey are both epic poems that tell about something that happened in Greece. For example, the Iliad tells about the Trojan War.


4. What lesson might the Greeks have learned from the the myth of Prometheus?


5. Why might Atalanta prefer not to marry?

Atalanta might prefer not to marry because, she enjoys living in the forest and is afraid her life will change if she gets married.

[bahar]

1. How were Greek religious beliefs and Greek literature linked? Write your answer as a generalization.

In Greek literature people write poems about heroes. The poems are called “Epic Poems”. The Greeks were poltheistic ( believed in many gods and goddesses ). They also belieevd that the Greek Gods were in human forms and had some qualities of humans for example emotions.

2. What role did religious festivals play in Greek life?

Religious festivals played a big and important part in Greek life. A certain day of a certain month was a day to honor one of the gods. On those days the Greeek people arranged public ceromonies, sacrifices, built statues and temples for them. The Greek people believed that if they didn’t`t honor the gods the gods would punish them.

3. How are the Iliad and the Odyssey connected?

The story of Iliad is a story of a Greek Hero during the Trojan War and Odyssey explains the adventureous story of a Greek Hero after the Trojan War.

4. What lesson might the Greeks have learned from the the myth of Prometheus?


5. Why might Atalanta prefer not to marry?

Atlanta prefers not to marry anyone because she thinks she`s too good for love. Also Atlanta spent most of her life in the woods being cared by a bear so maybe she might not know what love is. Those are my guesses why I think Atlanta prefers not marry anybody

;D ;D

[kaviyan]

Welcome Back!

Respond to the following questions:

1. How were Greek religious beliefs and Greek literature linked? Write your answer as a generalization.
ANS: both Greek literature and beliefs thought that Gods exists and that’s Gods were like humans, sometimes they made bad decisions. They both were myths.

2. What role did religious festivals play in Greek life?
ANS: In festivals they honor gods. They thought that angry god can cause trouble. One of the main festivals is the Olympics. It happens even now. It honors the god in great ways. Many people from various parts of world join this festival.

3. How are the Iliad and the Odyssey connected?
ANS: They both were believed and great warriors.

4. What lesson might the Greeks have learned from the myth of Prometheus?
ANS: Braveness and courage. They also were myths.

5. Why might Atalanta prefer not to marry?
ANS: Because she thought she was the best in the place and that no one had the right to marry her. “{Aside} And I know there is no man alive who can do that”

Kaviyan

[vikram]

1. How were Greek religious beliefs and Greek literature linked? Write your answer as a generalization. They are linked together for many reasons. Like, where they take place, and how they behave to on and another.They believed that Greek gods actually existed and the stories are true. They relate to each other in many ways.

2. What role did religious festivals play in Greek life? They were made to honor the gods. Like, they gave animal sacrifices to honor and pray to them. For example, the Noumenia Festival for Zeus. They were very important to greek to Greek religion.

3. How are the Iliad and the Odyssey connected?
The Iliad and The Odyssey were related in many ways. First, they both were literatures. Furthermore, They both were about the same character Odysseseus. They both were part of the same story. They were related in many different ways.


4. What lesson might the Greeks have learned from the the myth of Prometheus?
The myth of Prometheus might have thought the greeks to do the right things. Don’t do the wrong things or you will be punished.


5. Why might Atalanta prefer not to marry? She might’ve not preferred to marry, because she was very focused on her duty. Furthermore, there could have been the reason of her not wanting to marry just. She probably didn’t want to marry for many reasons.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Vikram

[gower]

1. How were Greek religious beliefs and Greek literature linked? Write your answer as a generalization.

They were linked because they used the culture of of ancient Greeks and legends or epic poems in both liturature and religion. The literature part usually came from epic poems.

2. What role did religious festivals play in Greek life?

Their purpose was to honor the gods and to keep them from getting angry and causing natural disasters. The Greeks usually honored the 12 Olympian gods more than the others.

3. How are the Iliad and the Odyssey connected?
The Iliad is the thing that happened and what caused the Odyssey to happen. In other words, the Iliad is the cause and the Odyssey was the effect.

4. What lesson might the Greeks have learned from the the myth of Prometheus?
They might have learned that the should always do what’s right nomatter what the consequences.

5. Why might Atalanta prefer not to marry?


Gower ;D

[junyoung]

1. How were Greek religious beliefs and Greek literature linked? Write your answer as a generalization.
Most of the Greek literature was about the Greek religion beliefs. The stories, myths, fables were mostly related to the gods, and the most of the stories included the gods.
2. What role did religious festivals play in Greek life?


3. How are the Iliad and the Odyssey connected?
In the writing of Iliad, there was the story of Odyessey. It told about the trojan war, and how his voyage was supposed to take 10 years to get back to his own land. It was written that after he led Greece to victory, the gods decided that Odyessey needed to take 10 years of voyage in order to get back to his home land, Greek; because of these stories were written, Iliad and Odyessey are related by getting written.

4. What lesson might the Greeks have learned from the the myth of Prometheus?
From the story of Prometheus, it was about Prometheus stealing fire from the gods to human, then he got tied up on the cliff, and Zeus let his eagles eat his livers, which grew every night into fine liver. This story tells Greeks that people should not steal anything, especially something that the gods cherish.
5. Why might Atalanta prefer not to marry?