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Greek plurality, not one school
Gods and mortals in a cultic world; an underworld; philosophy and mysteries as other layers. No single Greek circuit.
Do not let Plato, Homer, and the mysteries correct one another. Succession of gods is not Zoroastrian dualism.
Cult and myth of many gods; mortals die into varied underworlds; mysteries and philosophy are additional circuits, not corrections of Homer.
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Primordial conditions
Chaos, gods, or a philosophical ordering. Not one cosmogony.
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Olympian and chthonic gods
A populated world. City cults do not share one roster.
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Mortal human
Distinct from gods. The soul-doctrine is partial and late.
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Underworld, variously drawn
Hades, blessed places, punishment, or a myth told by a philosopher.
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Mysteries and philosophy
Other ways of knowing. They do not cancel the public cult.
- Time
- Succession and local catastrophe, not one apocalypse. Philosophical cycles are a further option.
- Agents
- Gods, Titans, heroes, daimones, and the human dead.
- Human slot
- A mortal. Fame, initiation, or likeness to god are different hopes.
- Break
- Divine conflict and succession. Not a moral dualism of equal principles.