With regard to religion, the Greek city-states
a. showed the same respect as Near Eastern civilizations for the gods who directly or indirectly ruled the state.
b. moved away from theocracy toward a secular, rational state.
c. thoroughly rejected the mythological tradition.
d. took as a core principle the separation between religious and political life.
e. believed worship of the gods was an obstacle to patriotism.
b
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