Sacrifice

Question 1

What happens in the preparation of a sacrifice (5 points)

Answer 1

• Animal is led to altar
• participants cleanse their hands
• victims head is sprinkled with water to make it nod
• strand of victims hair is put on altar
• everyone present throw a handful of barley to show attendance

Question 2

how was the animal killed in the sacrifice (3 points)

Answer 2

• the victims throat was cut with a knife
• women chanted in ritual cry
• Blood from victim was poured on the altar

Question 3

how was the meat handled (4 points)

Answer 3

• gods portions were taken away and burned
• entrails were taken out and roasted on spit
• remaining meat was cooked and shared out
• omens would’ve been taken during sacrifice

Question 4

what was a libation

Answer 4

libations were liquid offerings

Question 5

what are some examples of liquids used for libations

Answer 5

water, wine, milk and honey

Question 6

where were libations used

Answer 6

in public and private

Question 7

how would one give a libation to the dead or earthly

Answer 7

by pouring it onto the ground or a grave

Question 8

what is an example of when a libation would be used

Answer 8

to mark the beginning and end of a day of feasting

Question 9

what is a votive offering

Answer 9

a vow made by an individual or a community that if a certain deity helped them they would dedicate something to them

Question 10

what do votive offerings show us

Answer 10

the reciprocal relationship between Greeks and their gods.

Question 11

when were votive offerings made

Answer 11

at landmark moments in ones life:
- children would offer locks of hair from their first cut on becoming adolescents
- craftsmen may offer their tools on retirement

Question 12

how were more expensive votive offerings recorded

Answer 12

on inventory lists

Question 13

what was ritual burial

Answer 13

burying of sacrificial victims or objects.

Question 14

where do we have an example of ritual burial

Answer 14

at the Thesmophoria women ritually buried the sacrificial piglets