Greco-Roman paganism

E286579

ancient religion polytheistic religion religious tradition

Greco-Roman paganism was the polytheistic religious tradition of ancient Greece and Rome, centered on a pantheon of gods, ritual sacrifice, and civic cult practices.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Greco-Roman religion	7
Greco-Roman paganism canonical	3
Greco-Roman mystery religions	1
Greco-Roman pantheon	1
Mithraism	1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient religion ⓘ polytheistic religion ⓘ religious tradition ⓘ
associatedWith	Greek mythology ⓘ Roman religion ⓘ surface form: Roman mythology
centeredOn	civic cult practices ⓘ public festivals ⓘ ritual sacrifice ⓘ temple worship ⓘ
declinedDueTo	spread of Christianity ⓘ
declinedIn	Late Antiquity ⓘ surface form: late Roman Empire
follows	polytheism ⓘ
hasConcept	hero cult ⓘ household gods ⓘ imperial cult ⓘ sacred city cult ⓘ
hasDeity	Aphrodite ⓘ Apollo ⓘ Ares ⓘ Artemis ⓘ Athena ⓘ Dionysus ⓘ surface form: Bacchus Ceres ⓘ Demeter ⓘ Dionysus ⓘ Hephaestus ⓘ Hera ⓘ Hermes ⓘ Hestia ⓘ Juno ⓘ Jupiter ⓘ Mars ⓘ Mercury ⓘ Minerva ⓘ Neptune ⓘ Poseidon ⓘ Venus ⓘ Vesta ⓘ Vulcan ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
hasInstitution	civic cult ⓘ household cult ⓘ mystery cults ⓘ state cult ⓘ
hasPantheon	Greek gods ⓘ Roman gods ⓘ
hasPractice	animal sacrifice ⓘ augury ⓘ haruspicy ⓘ libations ⓘ oracular consultation ⓘ prayers ⓘ processions ⓘ votive offerings ⓘ
hasSacredPlace	altar ⓘ oracle site ⓘ sanctuary ⓘ temple ⓘ
hasTerm	Hellenic religion ⓘ Roman religion ⓘ surface form: Roman traditional religion paganism ⓘ
hasTextualSource	Greek tragedy ⓘ Works of Hesiod ⓘ surface form: Hesiodic poems Homeric epics ⓘ Roman poetry ⓘ
influenced	Western art ⓘ Western literature ⓘ Western philosophy ⓘ
integratedWith	Greek philosophy ⓘ Roman law ⓘ
persecutedUnder	Christian emperors ⓘ
practicedIn	Hellenistic period ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic world Roman Empire ⓘ Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: ancient Greece Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: ancient Rome

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Early Christians → distinguishedFrom → Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ

Osiris myth → influence → Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greco-Roman mystery religions

London Mithraeum → associatedWithReligion → Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mithraism

Sibyl → tradition → Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ