Modern Scholarship: Rituals and Priests

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What does Gibbon say about religion and women?

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"Religion was a sphere where women were important"

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What does Garland say about the shared meal in sacrifice?

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The shared meal was in fact a means whereby men and gods achieved intimacy

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What does Gibbon say about religion and women?

"Religion was a sphere where women were important"

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What does Garland say about the shared meal in sacrifice?

The shared meal was in fact a means whereby men and gods achieved intimacy

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What does Burket suggest about the purpose of sacrifice?

Suggests a more anthropological viewpoint, with the aggression of the sacrificial killing leading to the establishment of community and civilisation

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What do Detienne and Vernant say about sacrifice?

See sacrifice as purely a way of killing for eating

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What does Chaniotis say about priests and civic authorities?

It was less common for a public priest to perform rituals without the presence of secular authorities

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What does Naiden say about the animals involved in sacrifice?

"The Greeks cared about the vitality, the psyche, of a sacrificial animal, not about the animal's attitude towards its fate"

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What does Burket say about Greek religion and priests?

Greek religion might almost be called a religion without priests

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What does Price say about the function of priests?

The function of priests was principally ritual

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What does Parker say about the power of priests?

Priests will be respected, but they have no power to enforce