fandomhigh | Comparative Religions, Monday, Period 3, Class #3--Hellenic Polytheism

"Welcome to another fun-filled class," Vala grinned at her students once they were seated, hopefully with some popcorn and sodas from a table to the side of the room, "today we'll be learning about ancient Hellenic polytheism, which is the boring and textbook term for the religion of the Ancient Greeks. Like with the Egyptians, it was understood that there was a group of gods--twelve, in this case--who lived on Mount Olympus and generally spent their time either having sex, getting revenge on each other, or interfering in the lives of both observant and unobservant mortals. This will also be important later, since the Romans pretty much stole the pantheon and renamed them, using their belief in many gods as a basis for persecuting the early Christians."

"But I'm jumping ahead, and that will just make things more confusing."

"Luckily for us, we have some excellent resources here at the school--you might want to have a chat with Ares or Vice Principal Hades sometime, just to satisfy your curiosity, and I also found a movie that seems to depict the pettiness of the gods fairly accurately, so we'll be watching that. Later, if you're still awake, I'd like to know whether you would sleep with a guy who disguised himself as either a swan or a shower of gold, and if you would, what you expect your child to look like. Or, if you're more of a god frame of mind--why wouldn't you just pretend to be human?"

She slipped the DVD into the player and sat back with some popcorn to watch the movie.

[ooc: Up! ~~in a second!~~ A clip is here, but it's NWS due to nudity.]

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Yay, ancient Greece!

Read the Handouts, talk, hang out, sleep, whatever

Or heckle it. Some of it's pretty hokey.

Seriously, WTF Zeus, WTF?

Only if they ping in, please.

Once he's here

After class

So the robotic owl doesn't fly off.

Adam Park

Dean Winchester

Adam browsed the handouts, intrigued by the Ancient Greeks.

Sam Winchester

Sam was underlining things in the handouts and making little notes in the margins.

"Hey geek," Dean nudged him, "what do you need me to do for the party?"

Sam glanced up at Dean. "Uh, show up with a present?"

Dean rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I got that much all on my own. But there's gotta be something else I can help with in the arranging."

"You don't have to do anything," Sam said. "I've got it all covered."

"Maybe I want to do something," Dean pointed out.

"You do? Really?"

"You act like that's hard to believe."

"I just wasn't expecting help from anyone. Is there anything you're really dying to do?"

"Whatever needs to be done. And for a smart guy, you're totally an idiot to think I wouldn't want to help." He paused. "I suppose I could make a cake..."

"You could definitely make the cake," Sam said. "Because that means I don't have to buy one, and homemade is better anyway. And I'm not an idiot. I just figured that since the party was my idea, it would be my responsibility."

Z Delgado

"I definitely would not have relations with a swan," Z said firmly. "And a shower of gold is just gross, ew."

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Comparative Religions, Monday, Period 3, Class #3--Hellenic Polytheism

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