worship

• greek priests

  priestess's for goddess - hiera

  priests for gods - hierus
• roles of greek priests

  oversee state sacrifices

  ensure correct rituals followed

  supervise ceremonial dressing of the cult statue

  care for the temple and sanctuary
• ways to become a greek or roman priest

  ordinary citizens elected

  being a certain age

  being in a certain family

  buying there way into it

  special training not required

  not full time

  no physical defects allowed or dead chuldren
• reasons to become a greek priest

  high honour

  special privileges e.g front row seets in theatre

  entitled to part of the profits from sale of skins
• mantis

  greek fortune teller

  reads the entrails of a sacrificed victim
• augar

  greek and roman soothsayer

  read the future by interpreting patterns in the birds
• colleges were a group of roman priests
• roles of roman priests

  uphold state religion by maintaining pax deorum

  saying correct prayer

  completing the appropriate sacrifice

  fulfilling priestly duties at festivals
• reasons to become a roman priest

  increase political power

  special privileges
• pontifex

  most important college of roman priests

  the leader the pontifex maximus was a lifelong role

  bridged the gap between mortals and gods

  protected temples

  regulated burials and inheritance

  supervised the religious calendar
• vestal virgins

  there were six of them

  prestigious honour for girls selected

  pontifex maximus selected them

  between ages of 6 and 10 and had to be healthys

  30 years vow of chastity

  protected the sacred flame

  kept state documents

  made mola salsa
• roman fortune teller - haruspex

  specialised in reading the entrails of animals at festivals

  noted how the animal fell

  examined the smoke of the burned animal

  became more popular as the practice became more complex
• types pf prayer

  informal

  formal

  spontaneous
• prayers normally said to accompany a sacrifice
• prayers

  hands held palms upwards or downwards in a prayerful gesuture
• on would pray for themself or for others, for good or for harm, could be fulfilled or ignored by the gods
• prayer is more of a case of drawing the attention of the God rather than a confession
• curses can never be retracted
• prayer

  call god

  argument

  petition
• formal prayer

  in front of temple, with sacrifice

  detailed prayer

  in correct position

  at correct time of day for
• Informal prayer

  In middle of battle during gains

  Simple Prayer

  promise of sacrifice