Kayla W

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Hellenism

• By
• Kayla W Braddon M.

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Polytheistic

• Belief or worship of may gods and goddesses.
• Is called Hellenistic when referring to Greek,
  Roman, Oriental, Egyptian and other religions
  that had more than 1 god.

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Who and when

• Hellenistic religion includes various systems of
  beliefs and practices
• of the people who lived under the influence of
  ancient Greek culture
• the Roman Empire (ca. 300 BC to 300 AD).
• It was one of the more creative times in world
  religion.

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The role of Man

• Mans service is devoted to his community, city,
  state and nation.
• This allows the community to evolve as a whole.
• These groups evolve by worshipping divinity in
  their own way.
• It was viewed as racism to impose ones customs,
  festivals and religion to anybody.

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Principles of Hellenic Religion

• The basic Cosmologic principles of the Hellenic
  religion derive from Orphean Theology. Other
  sources are the Orphean Hymns to the Gods and the
  living oral tradition.
• The Cosmos - infinite Space and perpetual Time
  has always existed, is always evolving.
• The Natural Law was never created, but always
  existed.
• The Cosmos, Man and Life are all values.
• Conscience and Higher Conscience are produced by
  the ever-evolving Cosmos.
• The Cosmos is a physical system that has no place
  for arbitrary non-physical entities. The Cosmos
  is not opposed by any power. History is
  never-ending.
• All is caused by the Cosmos which has always
  existed and there is no outside force.

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• Once the divine level, or supreme evolution
  happens. Then One becomes a hero, a demon, a god
  and an Olympian god. So on and so forth.
• This is why gods were viewed as people very like
  humans.

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• Gods do not create the Cosmos they represent
  highest order products of the Cosmos. They cannot
  violate the Natural Law they observe and
  supervise the Law. The Natural Law has twelve
  divisions, six concerning the Continuous
  Substance which is supervised by the six male
  Olympian gods, and six the Particulate which are
  watched by the six female Olympian gods.
• The two sacred Essential Substances are of equal
  importance to the Cosmos so are the Gods and
  Goddesses, Male and Female, acting in harmony.

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The People in Charge

• 12 main Olympian Gods. Each had a specific job,
  cities and days or times of worship.
• Zeus - King of gods. God of sky and thunder.
• Poseidon God of sea and earthquakes.
• Apollo God of light, truth, sun and the arts.
• Aphrodite- goddess of love, lust and beauty.
• Ares god of bloodlust.
• Athena Goddess of heroes and Athens.
• Dionysus God of ecstasy.

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Bibliography

• Bulliet, Crossley, Headrick, Northrup, Hirsch,
  and Johnson. The Earth and Its People. 3rd ed.
  Boston Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005.
• "Religion in ancient Greece." Wikipedia, The Free
  Encyclopedia. 20 Oct 2008, 2127 UTC. 21 Oct 2008
  lthttp//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titleReligio
  n_in_ancient_Greeceoldid246585157gt.