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Greek religion
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...Greek religion, religious beliefs and...inhabitants of the region of Greece. OriginsAlthough its exact origins are lost in time, Greek religion is thought to date from...existed in the region of Greece from Neolithic times: the......
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Pan (in Greek religion and mythology)
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...Pan (păn), in Greek religion and mythology, pastoral god of fertility. He was...Later, when Pan was worshiped in other parts of Greece and in Rome, he became associated with the Greek Dionysus and identified with the Roman Faunus, both......
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Hermes (in Greek religion and mythology)
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...Hermes, in Greek religion and mythology, son of Zeus and Maia. His functions were many, but...statue by Praxiteles, which is located in the Heraeum at Olympia, Greece, shows Hermes with the child Dionysus. The Romans identified Hermes......
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Hellenism
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......cent. BC It was succeeded by the Hellenistic civilization. See Greece; Greek architecture; Greek art; Greek literature, ancient; Greek religion. See R. Warner, Eternal Greece (rev. ed. 1962); D. Garman, tr., A Literary History of......
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Greece
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......architecture, Greek art, Greek language, Greek literature, Greek music, and Greek religion. See also the articles on the cities, e...and Thebes.At various times in its history Greece included all of Epirus, Macedonia, and Thrace......
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Greek literature, ancient
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......attention to form. Later Greek LiteratureThe next period of Greek literature reached its zenith...Roman political subjugation of Greece, Greek thought and culture, introduced...of the Church is eloquent. Religion dominated the literature of......
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Thebes (city of ancient Greece)
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......chief city of Boeotia, in ancient Greece. It was originally a Mycenaean...Thebes is rich in associations with Greek legend and religion (see Oedipus; the Seven against...its position in Boeotia and in Greece. In the Persian Wars, Thebes......
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Gardner, Percy
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......1895), Principles of Greek Art (1913), A History...and New Chapters in Greek Art (1926). His brother...work is Handbook of Greek Sculpture (1897, rev...Other works include Religion and Art in Ancient Greece (1910), The Art of......
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Orphic Mysteries
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......Orphic Mysteries or Orphism, religious cult of ancient Greece, prominent in the 6th cent. BC According to legend...human character. See W. C. Guthrie, Orpheus and Greek Religion (rev. ed. 1953, repr. 1967)....
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Hera
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...Hera (hĬr´ə, hēr´ə), in Greek religion and mythology, queen of the Olympian gods, daughter of...husbands. A powerful divinity, Hera was worshiped in all parts of Greece, especially at Argos and Salmos, where she had splendid temples......