Greco-Roman paganism

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Greco-Roman paganism was the polytheistic religious tradition of ancient Greece and Rome, centered on a pantheon of gods, ritual sacrifice, and civic cult practices.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (75)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient religion ⓘ
polytheistic religion ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
associatedWith Greek mythology ⓘ
Roman mythology ⓘ
linked to: Roman religion
centeredOn civic cult practices ⓘ
public festivals ⓘ
ritual sacrifice ⓘ
temple worship ⓘ
declinedDueTo spread of Christianity ⓘ
declinedIn late Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Late Antiquity
follows polytheism ⓘ
hasConcept hero cult ⓘ
household gods ⓘ
imperial cult ⓘ
sacred city cult ⓘ
hasDeity Aphrodite ⓘ
Apollo ⓘ
Ares ⓘ
Artemis ⓘ
Athena ⓘ
Bacchus ⓘ
linked to: Dionysus

Ceres ⓘ
Demeter ⓘ
Dionysus ⓘ
Hephaestus ⓘ
Hera ⓘ
Hermes ⓘ
Hestia ⓘ
Juno ⓘ
Jupiter ⓘ
Mars ⓘ
Mercury ⓘ
Minerva ⓘ
Neptune ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
Vesta ⓘ
Vulcan ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
hasInstitution civic cult ⓘ
household cult ⓘ
mystery cults ⓘ
state cult ⓘ
hasPantheon Greek gods ⓘ
Roman gods ⓘ
hasPractice animal sacrifice ⓘ
augury ⓘ
haruspicy ⓘ
libations ⓘ
oracular consultation ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
processions ⓘ
votive offerings ⓘ
hasSacredPlace altar ⓘ
oracle site ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
temple ⓘ
hasTerm Hellenic religion ⓘ
Roman traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Roman religion

paganism ⓘ
hasTextualSource Greek tragedy ⓘ
Hesiodic poems ⓘ
linked to: Works of Hesiod

Homeric epics ⓘ
Roman poetry ⓘ
influenced Western art ⓘ
Western literature ⓘ
Western philosophy ⓘ
integratedWith Greek philosophy ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
persecutedUnder Christian emperors ⓘ
practicedIn Hellenistic world ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic period

Roman Empire ⓘ
ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity

ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Early Christians → distinguishedFrom → Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ
Osiris myth → influence → Greco-Roman mystery religions ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
London Mithraeum → associatedWithReligion → Mithraism ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
Sibyl → tradition → Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
Maharraqa → religiousAffiliation → Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
Attis → culture → Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
Actian Games → hasCulturalContext → Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
Book 2 (The City of God) → religiousCritiqueTarget → Greco-Roman pantheon ⓘ
subject linked to: Book 2
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
Library of Celsus → religionInContext → Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ
Musonius Rufus → religiousContext → Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
Apuleius → religion → Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ
Sabazios → religion → Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
Jupiter Ammon → culture → Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
subject linked to: Jupiter (as Jupiter Ammon)
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
Caesarea Philippi → hasReligiousSignificance → Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
Hellenistic astrology → associatedWithReligion → Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
Pisidian Antioch → religionPracticed → Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ
Roman province of Egypt → religion → Greco-Roman polytheism ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
Glykon serpent statue → religion → Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere → belongsToTradition → Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
Demetrius the silversmith → religiousContext → Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism
Roman Mesopotamia → religion → Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ
The Cumaean Sibyl → subjectReligion → Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman paganism