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1 GREEK DEITY

2 Divine being (theos) • Divine being is other than human being • Divine being is deinos : both awesome and awful • Divine being manifests itself primarily as powerful • Direct contact with divine being or what belongs to it is dangerous • Contact with divine being must be carefully controlled

3 nature uranian divine being god chthonic hero human being mortal

4 Ouranian / Chthonic Deity
deity above ground deity below ground daytime sacrifice nighttime sacrifice white, unblemished victim dark victim raised altar pit or trench shared meal no shared meal

5 Characteristics of Deity
form anthropomorphic/traces of theriomorphism immanence/transcendence immanence: corporeality longevity athanatos v. thnêtos power dynamis + elpis knowledge qualified omniscience organization bureaucratization: attributes and epithets morality qualified morality: orthopraxy

6 Binary Functions ARTEMIS APHRODITE HERA virginity sexual activity
marriage, childbirth nympha adolescent girl gynê woman married woman

7 Characteristics of Deity
form anthropomorphic/traces of theriomorphism immanence/transcendence immanence: corporeality longevity athanatos v. thnêtos power dynamis + elpis knowledge qualified omniscience organization bureaucratization: attributes and epithets morality qualified morality: orthopraxy

8 Benefits of Worship (kharis)
• fertility of crops, livestock, human beings • economic prosperity • health • safety and security

9 (unspecified) god daimôn (pl. daimones) ~. dain- (apportion
(unspecified) god daimôn (pl. daimones) ~*dain- (apportion?) divine power

10 Kinds of Space NATURE wilderness uncultivated, “raw” NYMPHS garden
self-cultivated, “self-cooked” CULTURE farm cultivated, “cooked”

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