Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31474
Title: Gods in Ancient Greece and Rome
Contributor(s): Dillon, Matt  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2019
Early Online Version: 2019-06-25
DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.104
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31474
Abstract: The religions of both the ancient Greeks and Romans were polytheistic (with many gods), but centered on a finite and homogenous group of deities who were worshipped through prayer, animal sacrifice, and festivals. It was believed that the gods, in turn, provided mortals with specific benefits, at the individual, family, group or state levels. Gods were anthropomorphic (in human form) and powerful but not eternal or all-powerful. New gods could be introduced into both pantheons (groups of gods), but the number of such additions was in fact fairly limited. And both Greeks and Romans concentrated on the cults of their traditional gods, whose worship they found both beneficial and satisfying for over one thousand years.
Publication Type: Book Chapter
Source of Publication: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion, p. 1-22
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Place of Publication: Oxford, United Kingdom
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 210306 Classical Greek and Roman History
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 430305 Classical Greek and Roman history
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies
280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology
HERDC Category Description: B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book
Editor: Editor(s): John Barton
Appears in Collections:Book Chapter
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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