Protections in Hellenism | HELLENISM 101

The fifth part in my series: HELLENISM 101 is about protection in Hellenism, tracing the timeline of protection from the Archaic to Hellenistic period as well as how it differs slightly from modern witchcraft.

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RESOURCES & SOURCES ON PROTECTION:
• Greek Religion by Walter Burkert
• Zeus by Ken Dowden
• Personal protection and tailor-made deities: the use of individual epithets Jenny Wallensten: https://www.academia.edu/4545548/Pers...
• Protective Magic in Ancient Greece:Patterns in the Material Culture of Apotropaia from the Archaic to Hellenistic Periods by Reema Raihana Habib: https://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandor...
• Theophoric Names and the History of Greek Religion by Robert Parker: http://publications.thebritishacademy...
• The Odyssey by Homer *
• The Iliad by Homer *
• Saturnalia by Macrobius *
• The PGM: https://archive.org/details/TheGreekM... *
• Characters by Theophrastus *
• Description of Greece by Pausanias *

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COPYRIGHT INFO:

Image of Herm by Marshall Astor on Flickr, 2007-01-04
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Image of Hekataion is by Zde
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Image of Apollo by Joseolgon - Own work
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Edited in Photoshop by me to remove background.

Eye amulet, with chain (computer generated graphic) by Norayram
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Gorgoneia coin by Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com
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Statue by Rufus46
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Eye cup by Carole Raddato
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
0:37 The Homeric & the Bronze Age
2:14 Potamoi
3:19 The Classical Age
4:16 Herms, Hekataia and Pillars of Apollo Agyieus
7:38 The Oikos
8:16 The Agathos Daimon
9:28 Kadiskos of Zeus Ktesios
11:24 Gorgoneia and the Evil Eye & ~Spicy~ Imagery
15:16 Theophoric Names
16:08 The Hellenistic Age
18:12 The PGM
19:26 Amulets and Jewelry
19:55 The Private Cult
21:10 Modern Considerations
24:00 Conclusion