who was the major god of Sparta?
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Topic: who was the major god of Sparta?
Posted By: Batu
Subject: who was the major god of Sparta?
Date Posted: 20-Sep-2006 at 10:19
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who?
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Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 20-Sep-2006 at 11:45
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Too lazy to type a whole question? You know, you did'n say the magic word. ------------- 
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Posted By: Aster Thrax Eupator
Date Posted: 20-Sep-2006 at 11:52
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Ares- the God of war was the chief deity of Sparta and this explains their ferocity and militarism. ------------- |
Posted By: Desimir
Date Posted: 20-Sep-2006 at 12:21
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It is an easy question.Ares Of course. ------------- |
Posted By: Patrinos
Date Posted: 20-Sep-2006 at 13:17
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The major god of Spartans were their ego.
But they had a lot of other enviable characteristics.
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Posted By: Batu
Date Posted: 20-Sep-2006 at 14:59
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i guessed it was Ares already i just wanted to be sure thanks
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Posted By: Menippos
Date Posted: 21-Sep-2006 at 04:42
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Actually, it was Zeus, as with all others. Although they were an military-oriented society, their deity system was exactly the same as with all other greek tribes, with some minor additions in the lesser-deity domain, sourcing from their local environment. ------------- CARRY NOTHING |
Posted By: Vivek Sharma
Date Posted: 21-Sep-2006 at 04:56
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Was Zeus a god of thunder ?
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Posted By: Aster Thrax Eupator
Date Posted: 21-Sep-2006 at 04:58
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Zeus did use thunder as a symbol of his power, but he was chiefly the king of the gods. He was not really a symbol of thunder per-say. ------------- |
Posted By: Vivek Sharma
Date Posted: 21-Sep-2006 at 05:14
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Very Good indeed. A little surprise, in today's India or say even many thousand of years ago (snce it has not changed), The Indian king of Gods is Indra who is also the God of thunder & uses the thunderstick as a weapon. His identity is as the king of gods, but he does use the thunder often, in battlefields. ------------- PATTON NAGAR, Brains win over Brawn |
Posted By: Leonidas
Date Posted: 21-Sep-2006 at 10:07
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Vivek that would be beacuse of the much talked about indo-european connection. as for the spartans, i thought there might of been a laconian bias towards artemis and appollo lykinos (sp?) ------------- 
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Posted By: Yiannis
Date Posted: 21-Sep-2006 at 12:06
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Interestingly enough, although today there's not much left of ancient Sparta, but a pile of ruble, the only things that are preserved are a small amphitheatre and a temple of Aphrodite... ------------- The basis of a democratic state is liberty. Aristotle, Politics Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin |
Posted By: padem
Date Posted: 21-Sep-2006 at 13:59
Hmm, I always thought that Sparta's chief deity was Athena (no i'm not trying to be ironic  )From what I remember their main temple on their acropolis was that of Athena Chalkioikos(Athena of the Brazen house)
Isn't that what makes a "major" god/dess)? |
Posted By: Vivek Sharma
Date Posted: 22-Sep-2006 at 00:41
Good. So we are all same people. ------------- PATTON NAGAR, Brains win over Brawn |
Posted By: Batu
Date Posted: 22-Sep-2006 at 16:48
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so who is sparta's major god? zeus or ares?
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Posted By: Desimir
Date Posted: 22-Sep-2006 at 19:08
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May be both of them.Zeus was master of all greek gods.But definitely spartans considered Ares as their protector. ------------- |
Posted By: Aster Thrax Eupator
Date Posted: 26-Sep-2006 at 04:43
They probably worshiped most of the major gods in some way, but probably put more emphasis on some.
Thycidides once stated that exact point. That people may be moved to disbelief because of the size of Athens and think it more powerful than once it was, and think the reverse of Sparta. ------------- |