Portal:Hellenism (religion)

Hellenism Portal

Introduction Symbol used by Hellenism followers. Hellenism (Greek: Ἑλληνισμός, Ἑllēnismós), the Hellenic ethnic religion (Ἑλληνικὴ ἐθνική θρησκεία), also commonly known as Hellenismos, Hellenic Polytheism, Dodekatheism (Δωδεκαθεϊσμός), or Olympianism (Ὀλυμπιανισμός), comprises various religious movements that revive or reconstruct ancient Greek religious practices, which have publicly emerged since the 1990s. The Hellenic religion is a traditional religion and way of life, revolving around the Greek Gods, primarily focused on the Twelve Olympians, and embracing ancient Hellenic values and virtues. In 2017, Hellenism was legally recognized as a "known religion" in Greece, granting it certain religious freedoms in that country, including the freedom to open houses of worship and for clergy to officiate weddings. Selected article Greek religion can refer to several things, including Ancient Greek religion Greek hero cult Eleusinian Mysteries Hellenistic religion Platonic idealism Greek Orthodox Church Religion in Greece Hellenismos Selected biography Pythagoras of Samos (Ancient Greek: Ὁ Πυθαγόρας ὁ Σάμιος, romanized: Ho Pythagóras ho Sámios, lit. 'Pythagoras the Samian', or simply Ὁ Πυθαγόρας; c. 570–c. 495 BC) was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. Most of the information about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he lived, so very little reliable information is known about him. He was born on the island of Samos, and might have travelled widely in his youth, visiting Egypt and other places seeking knowledge. He had a teacher named Themistoclea, who introduced him to the principles of ethics. Around 530 BC, he moved to Croton, a Greek colony in southern Italy, and there set up a religious sect. His followers pursued the religious rites and practices developed by Pythagoras, and studied his philosophical theories. The society took an active role in the politics of Croton, but this eventually led to their downfall. The Pythagorean meeting-places were burned, and Pythagoras was forced to flee the city. He is said to have ended his days in Metapontum. Pythagoras made influential contributions to philosophy and religious teaching in the late 6th century BC. He is often revered as a great mathematician, mystic and scientist, but he is best known for the Pythagorean theorem which bears his name. However, because legend and obfuscation cloud his work even more than with the other pre-Socratic philosophers, one can give account of his teachings to a little extent, and some have questioned whether he contributed much to mathematics and natural philosophy. Many of the accomplishments credited to Pythagoras may actually have been accomplishments of his colleagues and successors. Whether or not his disciples believed that everything was related to mathematics and that numbers were the ultimate reality is unknown. It was said that he was the first man to call himself a philosopher, or lover of wisdom, and Pythagorean ideas exercised a marked influence on Plato, and through him, all of Western philosophy. In the news Hellenism's main news source from Greece: YSEE (translated to English) Selected image Chronos, sleeping on Georg Wolff's grave Did you know? Pythagoras studied in the East, including at Mt. Carmel. He and the community (near) there had similar rare practices of ethics (and dress,) and later Socrates described some as virtuous and philosophical. Likewise, a similar community South of Mt. Carmel later kept a text of Plato's Republic, a dialogue in which Socrates spoke. This interaction has influenced various spirituality near the Eastern Mediterranean to the present day. Subcategories Hellas (Greece) • Troad Ancient Greek culture • Religion in Greece • arts in Greek mythology & paintings depicting Greek myths • Ancient Greek philosophers • Hermetism & history of science • Ancient Greek literature & poems • Homer & Iliad & Odyssey • mythology & mythographers & religion & Greek deities • Olympus • Classical oracles • Ancient Greek philosophy • Pythagorean philosophy • Presocratic & Classical Greek philosophy • Socratic dialogues & agnosticism • Platonism & gnosticism • Hellenistic philosophy and religion • Neoythagoreanism • Neoplatonism • Greek mythology understanding and criticism Tetractys: Pythagoras' symbol of enumeration such as in category theory of ideal forms Topics Basic: Greece • Greek culture • Greek language & alphabet Ancient thought/literature: Theogony • Works And Days • Titans • Titanomachy • The Library • Mount Olympus • Twelve Olympians • Hermetism • Delphic Maxims • Argonautica • Orphic & Homeric Hymns • Epic cycle Ancient religious traditions: amphidromia • iatromantis • libations • orthopraxy • votive offerings Ancient places, events: Athens & Agora & Acropolis & Parthenon & Democracy & Battle of Salamis • Sparta & Timocracy & Battle of Thermopylae • Delphi & Pythia & Sibyl • Thebes • Greek temples • ancient persecution of Hellenism • Greek War of Independence Ancient thinkers & ideas: Hermes Trismegistus • Thales • Pythagoras • Euclid • Archimedes • Socrates & Plato & Aristotle • Ammonius Saccas • Plotinus • Hypatia • philosophy • science • logic • mathematics • liberal arts • drama • politics • Republic Great ancient leaders: Pericles • Leonidas • Themistocles • Alexander The Great Great ancient playwrights: Sophocles Great ancient sculptors: Polykleitos • Lysippos • Scopas • Phidias Modern reconstruction movement: Hellenism (religion) • Ellinais • Hellenion • Supreme Council of Ethnikoi Hellenes Related portals Greece Ancient Greece Classical civilization Philosophy Science Religion Spirituality Greek mythology Olympics Theatre Wicca WikiProjects Wikiprojects related to the Greece project Classical Greece and Rome • Philosophy • Science • Spirituality • Mythology • Egyptian religion (Hermes-Thoth) • Neopaganism (for those who mythology and hymns are new to) Things to do Make a wikiproject Hellenismos and a Hermetism portal. Make a wiki page explaining how to do 'selected articles/biographies, pictures.' Add more info on texts, sects, calendar, rituals, prayers, relevant persons, culture including all the arts. Associated Wikimedia

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