CLS 120 - SACRED SPACE The History of Greek Sanctuaries

Course Units: 1

Virtually every facet of the Greek lived experience occurred with reference to their relationship to their gods: Greeks seldom ate meat outside of sacrifice; they sought oracles about anything from waging war to lost pillows; they staged their plays around altars. In many ways, we only have a unified concept of “the Greeks” due to their shared experience of the sacred. This course will explore how the Greeks experienced the Sacred in some of their most important sanctuaries to the gods, and how those sanctuaries both shaped and were shaped by the evolution of Greek culture(s) and communities.