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1696: 1677: 78: 22: 1879:) is represented between two lions on a Minoan seal and also on some goldrings from Mycenae. The representations are quite similar with those of "Artemis Orthia" at Sparta. In her temple at Sparta, wooden masks representing human faces have been found that were used by dancers in the vegetation-cult. Artemis was also connected with the Minoan "cult of the tree," an ecstatic and orgiastic cult, which is represented on Minoan seals and Mycenaean gold rings. 1570: 1559: 1669: 2847:
Guilleux, Nicole. La religion dans les nouvelles tablettes de ThĂšbes. RĂ©flexions complĂ©mentaires. In: Espace civil, espace religieux en ÉgĂ©e durant la pĂ©riode mycĂ©nienne. Approches Ă©pigraphique, linguistique et archĂ©ologique. Actes des journĂ©es d'archĂ©ologie et de philologie mycĂ©niennes, Lyon, 1er
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detected very few authentic Mycenaean reflections in the eighth-century Homeric world, in spite of its "Mycenaean" setting. However, Nilsson asserts, based not on uncertain etymologies but on religious elements and on the representations and general function of the gods, that many Minoan gods and
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John Chadwick rejected a confusion of Minoan and Mycenaean religion derived from archaeological correlations and cautioned against "the attempt to uncover the prehistory of classical Greek religion by conjecturing its origins and guessing the meaning of its myths" above all through treacherous
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on a marble relief, appear figures of women with the heads of different animals, obviously in a ritual dance. This could explain a Mycenaean fresco from 1400 BC that represents a procession with animal masks and the procession of "daemons" in front of a goddess on a golden ring from
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who dies in order to be reborn, as it often appears in the religions of the Orient. His myth is related with the Minoan myth of the "divine child" who was abandoned by his mother and then brought up by the powers of nature. Similar myths appear in the cults of
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probably originated from a similar "daemon". In the cult of Despoina at Lycosura, the two goddesses are closely connected with the springs and the animals, and especially with Poseidon and Artemis, the "mistress of the animals" who was the first
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that survived up to classical times. In the primitive Arcadian myth, Poseidon, the river spirit of the underworld, appears as a horse (Poseidon Hippios). He pursues Demeter who becomes a mare and from the union she bears the fabulous horse
1733:: "earth shaker"), but it seems that he also represented the river spirit of the underworld as it often happens in Northern European folklore. Also to be found are a collection of "Ladies". On a number of tablets from 2295:, p. 159: "Wa-na-ssoi, wa-na-ka-te, (to the two queens and the king). Wanax is best suited to Poseidon, the special divinity of Pylos. The identity of the two divinities addressed as wanassoi, is uncertain." 1929:. In a Mycenaean fresco, there is a composition of two women extending their hands towards a central figure who is covered by an enormous figure-eight shield. The central figure is the war-goddess with her 2011:
A similar divine child myth was widespread throughout various periods of Mycanean Greece proper, and there, the child was thought to have been Bacchus, Zeus, or another figure of mythical importance.
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on Melos, where a considerable number of statuettes discovered there were undoubtedly fashioned to serve as offerings, and it can be supposed from archaeological strata that sites such as
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and a daughter, "Despoina", who obviously originally had the shape or the head of a mare. Pausanias mentions animal-headed statues of Demeter and of other gods in Arcadia. At
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fĂ©vrier et 1er mars 2007. Lyon : Maison de l'Orient et de la MĂ©diterranĂ©e Jean Pouilloux, 2010. pp. 93–102. (Travaux de la Maison de l'Orient et de la MĂ©diterranĂ©e, 54
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elements. The cult was originally private and there is no information about it, but certain elements suggest that it could have similarities with the cult of
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religious conceptions were fused in the Mycenaean religion. From the existing evidence, it appears that the Mycenaean religion was the mother of the
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appears as a daughter of Demeter in the Arcadian cults and she became the most popular goddess in Greece. The earliest attested forms of the name
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with an open-air altar before it was a later development. Certain buildings found in citadels having a central room, the
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form. She was probably the goddess of the palace who is represented in the famous "Procession-fresco" at
2613:; Janson, Anthony F. (2004). Touborg, Sarah; Moore, Julia; Oppenheimer, Margaret; Castro, Anita (eds.). 1676: 2343: 1122: 2867: 1763:), who calls to mind the myth of the Minoan labyrinth. The title was applied to many goddesses. In a 1680:
The Lady of Phylakopi; wheel-made pottery figurine of a goddess or priestess from the West Shrine in
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beliefs, and—if cultural influences in material culture reflect influences in religious beliefs—with
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Other divinities who can be found in later periods have been identified, such as the couple
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The ‘Genius’ in Late Bronze Age Glyptic: the Later Evolution of an Aegean Cult Figure
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show continuity into LMIII (1400-1150 BCE), a period of Minoan-Mycenaean culture.
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points out that at least six centuries lie between the earliest presence of
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and it seems that they were based on a pre-Greek vegetation cult with
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at Knossos whereas Apollo is mentioned only if he is identified with
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Fresco depicting a goddess or priestess in Mycenae, 1250–1180 BC.
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The Minoan-Mycenaean Religion and Its Survival in Greek Religion
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and the earliest inscriptions in the Mycenaean script known as
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is unknown, it does resemble the name of the god of war.
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suggested Homeric Paieon, which earlier would have been
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in Phocis was the place of his orgies. However, in the
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tablet found at Pylos, the "two queens and the king" (
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were already important shrines, and in Crete several
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is not a separate god) and though the importance of
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Beck Verlag. 2759: 2558: 2546: 2408: 2257: 2714: 2665: 2653: 2641: 2534: 2509: 2331: 2304: 2280: 2192: 2180: 2155: 2089:There were some sites of importance for 1694: 1675: 1667: 2821: 2810: 2789: 2780: 2745:. New York, NY: New York Review Books. 2597: 2585: 2573: 2505: 2493: 2481: 2469: 2432: 2420: 2396: 2371: 2359: 2316: 2292: 2268: 2251: 2216: 1951:origin. Later his cult is related with 1729:deity, connected with the earthquakes ( 2860: 2817:. New York: Columbia University Press. 2738: 2204: 2074:, the Homeric goddess of child-birth. 1979:. He is the only Greek god other than 1917:from the Late Minoan II-era. The form 1793:found at Pylos, mention the goddesses 2615:History of Art: The Western Tradition 2824:Geschichte der Griechischen Religion 2783:Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries 2229:Paul, Adams John (10 January 2010). 2228: 15: 2496:, Volume I, pp. 281, 283, 301, 487. 13: 2841: 2760:Hagg, Robin; Wells, Berit (1978). 2387:, VIII–25.4, VIII–37.1ff, VIII–42. 14: 2884: 2790:Mylonas, George Emmanuel (1966). 2781:Mylonas, George Emmanuel (1961). 1751:near Pylos. 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Ancient Greek religion
Mycenaean Greece
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Minoan Civilization
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Hellenistic religion
Delos
Ithaca
Naxos
Kythira
Samothrace
Crete
Lemnos
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Mount Ida (Turkey)
Mount Ida (Crete)
Mount Olympus
Mount Kyllini
Mount Othrys
Aornum
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Didyma
Dion
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