- Unit 6. Religion and Mythology
- Getting Started
  - What Are We Learning
  - Observe and Think
  - Map Your Mind
- Religion in Antiquity
  - Greece
  - Rome
- Greek and Roman Mythology
  - In the Beginning, There Was Chaos
  - Gods
  - Heroes
- Self-Evaluation Quiz
- Complementary Activities
  - The Greek and Latin Roots of English
  - One Myth, One Song
  - Games, Comics and Stuff
- References

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# Greece

Greek Religion
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## Activity: Gods and Festivals

Find out more about the different festivals and try to work out which god was worshipped at which festival with this British Museum's activity. Then click on the Thesmophoria procession to launch the activity.

## Activity: A Real Sacrifice

Would you like to attend a real Greek sacrifice? Don't miss the opportunity that the British Museum gives you and click on the bull to be sacrificed. When you finish the activity, write a short report about what you have just seen.

## Activity: Afraid about your Future? Just Ask the Oracle

The ABC gives us the opportunity to find out very interesting things about Apollo and his oracle. First click on the photo of the Pythia. Then you must watch the animated story How Apollo got his oracle to find out more interesting things about the origin of the very centre of the Greek religion. Then write a little report about what you have just seen.

Now you are really well prepared to ask the Oracle about your future. Just follow the instructions. You must copy the answer of the Pythia and interpret it. Are you satisfied with the answer?

Translation
As you can see in the photo above, some sweet smelling vapors raising from the earth put the Pythia into a trance under Apollo's spell.
By watching this video, you must find out what the "natural" reason for this apparently supernatural phenomenon could be.

The reason is the existence of petrochemicals (ethylene) in the water running underground which could have carried gases. By inhaling these gases the Pythia would fall into a trance.
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