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Prayers, Vows, Divination, and Omens
Lecture no. 7 from the course: The Pagan World: Ancient Religions before Christianity
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Taught by Professor Hans-Friedrich Mueller | 27 min | Categories: History
For these ancient peoples, signs from the gods existed everywhere—from the shape of sacrificial animal organs and the properties of smoke when they were burned, to the sudden appearance of birds in the sky, dreams, and more. Explore the many ways in which the people and their gods communicated with each other, and why no army would move forward to the battlefield without their soothsayers and priests.
24 Lectures
1
Early Pagan Religion in Mesopotamia
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of 35 min
2
The Rigveda and the Gods of Ancient India
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of 32 min
3
State Religion in Ancient Egypt
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of 30 min
4
From Myth to Religion: The Olympian Deities
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of 32 min
5
Household and Local Gods in Ancient Greece
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of 30 min
6
Feeding the Gods: Sacrificial Religion
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of 30 min
7
Prayers, Vows, Divination, and Omens
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of 27 min
8
Delphi and Other Greek Sanctuaries
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of 27 min
9
Cults and Mystery Religions
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of 29 min
10
Philosophical Critiques of Paganism
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of 32 min
11
Greek Funerary Practices and the Afterlife
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of 29 min
12
Egyptian Influences on Ancient Religion
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of 28 min
13
Ancient Roman Ancestor Worship
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of 31 min
14
Gods of the Roman Household
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of 29 min
15
Gods of the Roman State
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of 31 min
16
Priests and Ceremonies in the Roman Republic
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of 34 min
17
Religion, Politics, and War in Rome
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of 36 min
18
Rome’s Reactions to Foreign Religions
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of 35 min
19
The Roman Calendar and Sacred Days
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of 34 min
20
Julius Caesar: A Turning Point in Roman Religion
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of 34 min
21
Emperor Worship in Rome
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of 34 min
22
Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians
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of 31 min
23
Popular Religions of Late Antiquity
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of 31 min
24
The End of Paganism in the Roman Empire
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of 35 min
