Reciprocal relationships between gods and mortals + significance of homer and hesiod

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Do ut des meaning

Greek saying - “I give so that you may give”

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How did the Greeks honour the gods

Temples and altars, sacrifices, prayer, votive offerings, libations

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why did the greeks honour the gods?

in return for something e.g. praying to demeter would grant a good harvest and crop growth.

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What happens to mortals who did not worship the gods

They were often punished - e.g. pentheus in the bacchae

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How are the gods presented in homers works

Interested in mortals & having favourites e.g. Athena with Odysseus and Aeneas

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Example of mortal being punished for not worshipping the gods

The Bacchae : pentheus was torn to death when being recognised as a maenad

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Example of anthropomorphic quality of a god

Poseidon anger towards Odysseus for blinding Polyphemus