Ancient Greek literary sources claim that among the many deities worshipped by a typical Greek city-state (sing. polis, pl. poleis), one consistently held unique status as founding patron and …

Plato analyzes the polis in the Republic, the Greek title of which, Πολιτεία (politeia), itself derives from the word polis. The best form of government of the polis for Plato is the one that leads to …

polis, ancient Greek city-state. The small state in Greece originated probably from the natural divisions of the country by mountains and the sea and from the original local tribal (ethnic) and …

2013年6月6日 · A polis (plural: poleis) was the typical structure of a community in the ancient Greek world. A polis consisted of an urban centre, often fortified and with a sacred centre built …

All the gods had their own character, area of expertise, and, in concordance with that, their own role within the Greek polis.1 I use the term polis here to divide between different...

The members of a polis constituted a religious association obliged to honor the state's patron deity as well as the community's other gods. The community expressed official homage and …

2022年3月7日 · Figure 1: The Gods of Olympus, by Giulio Romano. The birth of philosophy could not have happened alone - something that would revolutionize the world had to happen - this …

2020年10月26日 · The polis (or “city-state”) was a characteristic polity of archaic (c. 700–c. 490) and classical (c. 490–323 BCE) Greece. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle said in the …

The second perspective is known as the ‘ polis -religion’ model – ‘ polis ’ being the ancient Greek word for city-state or community. This model views ancient Greek religion as intricately …

A polis (city state) was more than a place; it was a concept that bound together Athenian culture, politics and history. Aristotle noted that its citizens were like hands on the deck of a ship, with …