Monday January 22, 2007
All Hail Zeus:
Worship of Ancient Greek Gods Is Revived
by Simon Magus
Zeus has been honoured at a 1,800-year-old temple in the heart of Athens -- the first known ceremony of its kind since the ancient Greek religion was outlawed by the Romans in the late 4th century.
Greece's Culture Ministry declared the site off-limits, but worshippers defied the edict.
"These are our temples and they should be used by followers of our religion," said Doreta Peppa, head of the Athens-based Ellinais, a group campaigning to revive the old time religion.
Resplendent in modern recreations of ancient garb, worshippers stood near the temple's imposing Corinthian columns and recited hymns to Zeus, "King of the gods and the mover of things," to bring peace to the world.
Ellinais was founded in 2006 and consists of 34 official members, mostly academics, lawyers and other professionals. It recently won a court battle for official recognition of the ancient Greek religion.
The group is now demanding that the government register its offices as a place of worship -- a move that could allow the group to perform weddings and other rites.
"Our message is world peace and an ecological way of life in which everyone has the right to education," said Kostas Stathopoulos, one of three high priests overseeing the event, which celebrated the nuptials of Zeus and Hera, the goddess of love and marriage.
Another priest, Giorgos Alexelis reinforced the message of peace: "Our hymns stress the brotherhood of man and do not single out nations."
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I think bringing back the Ancient Greek religion back is the best thing that can happen. If you havent noticed yet, many bad things have happened in the last five years, and things keep getting worse. I think the God's are trying to tell us something, i think that they are trying to tell us that we are worshiping the wrong God's and that we need to start worshiping Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hermes, and all the other God's again. I really wish that someone would make a temple here in Texas so i can go and worship the Gods.
Posted by: Dani at March 25, 2007 01:25 AM
I wouldn't mind bringing back human sacrifice as a best form of rewarding best performing officials.
Climbing career ladder would never look the same
Posted by: Jam Gorilla at March 30, 2007 12:31 PM