Home›Ancient Greek Sites›Associated WithBrowse ByAssociated WithThis page groups sacred sites by the religion that considers them holy. Wikipedia notes that "one or more religions may consider sacred locations to be of special significance." Browsing this way lets a visitor find every site that a particular religion recognizes as sacred, even one shared by more than one tradition.FactsLearn MoreAssociated WithSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedSanctuaries rather than congregational buildings. A Greek temple housed the god's image; the cult acted at the altar in the open air outside it, and the sanctuary boundary, not the roof, made the place holy. The group includes the panhellenic sanctuaries, which belonged to no single city and drew the whole Greek world to their oracles and games. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1Learn MoreSacred Sites of Ancient Greece This group gathers the sacred sites of ancient Greek religion, the temples, sanctuaries and oracles where the gods were worshipped and consulted. Greek sacred places included panhellenic sanctuaries that drew worshippers from across the Greek world and hosted the great games and oracles. The browser will find the temples of the Olympian gods, the oracular sanctuaries and the sacred precincts of the Greek cities. The entries describe each site's deity, cult and history as a place of a historical religion.Associated WithFilter Results6 entriesDomain / FunctionAllAgriculture and harvest (2)Childbirth (1)Fertility and generation (1)Healing and medicine (2)Justice, law and oaths (1)Kingship and sovereignty (1)Moon (1)Motherhood (1)Music and poetry (1)Prophecy and divination (1)Sky (1)Spring and renewal (1)Storm and thunder (1)Sun (1)The hunt (1)The underworld (1)Wilderness and wild animals (1)Era of Attestation End YearAll391 (1)400 (4)Era of Attestation Start YearAll1400 BCE (2)800 BCE (2)700 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)GenderAllFemale (3)Male (3)HistoricityAllLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (3)Not a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being (3)Status Within the TraditionAllNot formally addressed by this tradition (1)TheologyAllPolytheistic: many gods (6)Veneration TodayAllHistorically attested; no continuous cult (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareApolloAssociated With2 entriesArtemisAssociated With2 entriesAsclepiusAssociated With1 entryDemeterAssociated With1 entryPersephoneAssociated With1 entryZeusAssociated With3 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Greek Religiontier 1Walter Burkert, Harvard University Press, 1985View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.