Everything the Greeks ate was connected to the gods. In order to like them and have good luck throughout their lives, they sacrificed their livestock to them. Gods like Demeter, Ceres, Persephone, and Dionysus were even representing several foods: Dionysus was the god of wine, whereas Persephone and Demeter were the goddesses of bread, the main food of the Greeks.
In order to sacrifice food to gods, it had to be burned during a mass. As the smoke rose to the Mount Olympus, the gods were able to receive the burnt presents from the people. The most common sacrificial animal was the pig. (o.A., https://sites.google.com, 15.2.2018)
2.2 Traditions and Rituals
In this chapter, I want to describe Greek traditions and how they celebrated the following …show more content…
When it came to invitations, people would be angry at each other if they were not invited. To avoid these tensions between family, friends, and acquaintanc-es, you would bid around 100 people to your big day. Furthermore, a wedding back then used to be more focused on a contract to be fulfilled than on having a religious ceremony like we would have them today. When it finally came to the wedding day itself, the bride and her maids would stand in front of the bride's house and wait for the bridegroom to pick her up and bring her to their new home, where the whole feast began. Almost all feasts that took place in the first century lasted for about one week as it was something very special to celebrate with your friends, family, and neighbors. (Neel and Pugh, 2014, …show more content…
During banquets, for example, wine was mixed with water and they gave thanks for the grapes which were essential for the wine production. After the blessing, they started to sing a hymn and continued with discussions, music and drinking wine while eating sweet foods.
During the wedding, it was even more crucial to not run out of wine because that would be the most embarrassing thing that could happen to the groom’s family. As it was a shame back then to be completely drunk, they mixed the wine with water every time they drank it. Alcohol was used to be more relaxed and less inhibited. Another purpose of this liquor was making participants of debates become less guarded and stating their opinion more honest. Wine was drunk for only two occasions: during meals and special feasts or during political and philosophical discussions. They believed that wine was able to reveal secrets and hidden truths.
During the first century, a normal household consumed approximately a total of 350 liters of wine a year. It is widely known that the French still drink a lot of wine until today and they are, by far, the largest consumers these days but even a family only consumes around 60 liters a year, which is only about a fifth of the consumption of the first-century average
In order to sacrifice food to gods, it had to be burned during a mass. As the smoke rose to the Mount Olympus, the gods were able to receive the burnt presents from the people. The most common sacrificial animal was the pig. (o.A., https://sites.google.com, 15.2.2018)
2.2 Traditions and Rituals
In this chapter, I want to describe Greek traditions and how they celebrated the following …show more content…
When it came to invitations, people would be angry at each other if they were not invited. To avoid these tensions between family, friends, and acquaintanc-es, you would bid around 100 people to your big day. Furthermore, a wedding back then used to be more focused on a contract to be fulfilled than on having a religious ceremony like we would have them today. When it finally came to the wedding day itself, the bride and her maids would stand in front of the bride's house and wait for the bridegroom to pick her up and bring her to their new home, where the whole feast began. Almost all feasts that took place in the first century lasted for about one week as it was something very special to celebrate with your friends, family, and neighbors. (Neel and Pugh, 2014, …show more content…
During banquets, for example, wine was mixed with water and they gave thanks for the grapes which were essential for the wine production. After the blessing, they started to sing a hymn and continued with discussions, music and drinking wine while eating sweet foods.
During the wedding, it was even more crucial to not run out of wine because that would be the most embarrassing thing that could happen to the groom’s family. As it was a shame back then to be completely drunk, they mixed the wine with water every time they drank it. Alcohol was used to be more relaxed and less inhibited. Another purpose of this liquor was making participants of debates become less guarded and stating their opinion more honest. Wine was drunk for only two occasions: during meals and special feasts or during political and philosophical discussions. They believed that wine was able to reveal secrets and hidden truths.
During the first century, a normal household consumed approximately a total of 350 liters of wine a year. It is widely known that the French still drink a lot of wine until today and they are, by far, the largest consumers these days but even a family only consumes around 60 liters a year, which is only about a fifth of the consumption of the first-century average