The Inheritance and Transformation of Ancient Greek Ritual and Ceremonial Systems in the Perspective of Polis Crisis.

Abstract

After the Peloponnesian War, ancient Greek society suffered the crisis of city-states. Inter-state relations are tense, and war becomes a direct method to resolve conflicts. Within the city state, the foundation of the city state composed of citizens, soldiers and land was severely damaged, and the citizen collective was gradually disintegrated. Under this background, new social psychological demands appeared in the ancient Greek city-states. On the one hand, people continued to rely on the traditional sacrificial etiquette system, on the other hand, they began to pray more for new religious experience, thus, the sacrificial etiquette system took a turn. This transition was a long process, which had its distinctive characteristics in Hellenistic times and provided the social basis for the rise of Christianity.