A lot of the gods /goddesses were seen phenomenal immortal forces and believed to posses certain powers and were associated with different factors of life. The Citizens were highly expected to behave in specific ways with good manner to not upset the gods and if any disasters occurred the people would turn to prayers to win back the favour of their god as Roman religion was more of a vowed relationship between
In Atala the Native Americans worshiped more than one god, and they are very closely related to the Greek gods. They believed that these gods could take on any form and any gender. The Greeks did this to test their hospitality. They both have myths that explain how everything came to be like the gods, and how humans came, and fire, and all things imaginable. For years these myths were passed down orally until somebody decided to write them.
Rome has a location very close to the Mediterranean Sea. The land is made up of hilly land and is situated between two sets of mountains; the Alps and Apennines. Religion: Greeks worshipped many Gods, each God represented an element and Greek mythology deciphered each God and their relations to mankind, such as Zeus, Apollo, and Hermes. Like the Greeks, Romans also worshipped various Gods. Each God had an intended day of worship for which temples were built throughout the land.
THE IMPORTANCE OF JANUS IN ROMAN ANTIQUITY Commonly referred to as the god of beginnings and the originator of all things, the Roman god Janus bears quite an interesting story. Born a mere mortal, Janus managed to achieve the status of king and eventually came to be known as one of the oldest and most important immortal gods in Roman antiquity. The worship of the great deity has been observed and it appears that Janus was not only a god important to Rome’s general public, but a god just as important in the Roman household. Rumored to be a son of the great god Apollo, Janus’s claim to fame is his involvement in civilizing the people of the Roman Empire. He is claimed to be the eldest of the native kings of Italy and is praised for having taught his people correct customs and the proper way to worship gods.
Each of the historians has a solid central argument, and their essays are laid out well. Shaw seeks to show the structure and the functions of the Roman family in late antiquity. He also seeks to clear up misconceptions of the Roman family. O'Roark's argument seeks to show the closeness of the parents and children in the Roman family. The important thing to realize is that both of these essays are looking at the Roman family in the same period, late antiquity, after the advent of Christianity.
In fact, the Puritans saw it as a man’s duty to provide pleasure for his wife, and they also considered it as a godly behavior. Sex within marriage was a gift from God and as much a rightful expression of love as it was a means to reproduction. The Puritans approved of the stabilizing influence of married life and believed it established conditions conducive to the worship of God. However, there was one limitation which the Puritans placed upon sexual relations in marriage: sex must not interfere with religion. Sexual pleasures were treated liked other kinds of pleasure.
The Greek worshiped the gods of mount Olympus, including Zeus, Aphrodite, Ares, Athena, Apolla, and Poseidon. The Romans worshipped the same gods just under different names, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Minerva, Pluto, and Neptune. Education was also important to the Romans, although they only sent their male children to school. Both Rome and Greece had key philosophers. Greece had Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle.
The Classical period stretched from 600 BCE to 350 CE and centered in Greece and Rome. The philosophy and refinement of these societies has influenced the course of Western thought to the modern day. The artwork of this time has come to represent not just a structure and taste in design, but a way of life that remains a part of Western life. The civilization of Ancient Greece was centered on religious practice. In most Greek city-states the most powerful individual was the high priest or priestess of the city’s patron deity.
Societies and beliefs were changed but they always united people as one. Religion also created this human organization in collaboration with the superhuman. Religion in the pre-modern world brought the social society within the groups. The Paleolithic Hunters and Gatherers were a small amount of people who lived in an equalitarian society. Men and women were equal and therefore they were allowed religious expression.
Running Head: Preservation and Transmission of Greek Philosophy in the Middle Ages Preservation and Transmission of Greek Philosophy In the Middle Ages Antilkumar Gandhi Professor Fleming Religion and Philosophy Introduction Greek philosophy focused on the role of reason and inquiry in the study of the natural world. Many philosophers today concede that Greek philosophy has shaped all of Western thought since its inception. As Alfred Whitehead once noted, with some exaggeration, "Western philosophy is just a series of footnotes to Plato," (Brickman, 1961). Clear and unbroken lines of influence lead from Ancient Greek and Hellenistic philosophers, to medieval Muslim philosophers, and to the European Renaissance and Enlightenment. Early Greek philosophy, in turn, was influenced by the older wisdom literature and myths of the Near East.