5 Sacred Rituals of Ancient Greece: Priestesses, Cults and Ceremonies | History To Sleep To

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00:00 - Sacred Heresy at Corinth’s Temple of Aphrodite
13:20 -The Mysteries of Eleusis and Fertility Symbolism
25:58 - Dionysian Orgies and Social Reversal
35:43 - Mentorship Traditions and Social Bonds in Ancient Greek Gymnasia
43:36 - Aristocratic Symposia and Hetaira Performances


Sources used in this video:
https://margmowczko.com/aphrodite-sac... - Aphrodite and Temple Prostitution in Corinth
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2009/2009.0... - The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity
https://tripanthropologist.com/eleusi... - Secrets of Eleusis: Eleusinian Mysteries
https://advaya.life/articles/dionysus... - Dionysus Echoes of an Ancient Future
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-... - See the Stunning Frescoes of a Mysterious Dionysian Culture
https://historia.uw.edu.pl/en/researc... - Blood sacrifice and related rituals in the cult of Dionysus
https://www.textkit.com/t/eromenoi-an... - Eromenoi and cockerels
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi... - A Reading of Phaedrus's Eulogy in Plato's Symposium
https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/... - Drink, talk, and praise the gods! Cultural aspects of the Athenian symposium
https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub... - The Andron – Houses and Households in Ancient Greece

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