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=== Offerings and rituals ===
Offerings and [[libation]]s are considered sacred integral acts within worship.<ref name=":5">{{cite book |first1= Christos |last1= Panopoulos |first2= Panagiotis |last2= Panagiotopoulos |first3= Erymanthos |last3= Armyras |editor1-first= Mano |editor1-last= Madytinos |editor2-first= Lesley |editor2-last= Madytinou |editor3-first= Vasilios |editor3-last= Tsantilas |title= Hellenic Polytheism : Household Worship |date= 20 November 2014 |publisher= LABRYS Polytheistic Community |isbn= 9781503121881}}</ref><ref name="Alexander"/> There are several types of offerings that are performed, [[sacrifice]]s, [[votive offering]]s, and [[libation]]s.

{{blockquote|Without sacrifices, prayers are words only; but accompanied with sacrifices they become animated words; and words indeed corroborating life.|[[Sallustius (Neoplatonist)|Sallustius]]<ref name="Alexander"/>}}

Devotees are divided upon the question of [[animal sacrifice]]. Some are fine with the practice,<ref name="Alexander"/> while others do not engage in the practice at all.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hellenicgods.org/burntofferings |title=Burnt Offerings and Blood Sacrifice |publisher=HellenicGods.org |access-date=2020-06-22 }}</ref> Some instead offer symbolic food of the animal that is sacrificed instead of the animal, often though not exclusively fruit, bread, or cakes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecauldron.net/dc-tahiera.php|title=Ta Hiera (The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum)|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref> Worship generally takes the form of [[prayer]], [[Ancient Egyptian offerings|offerings]], and setting up [[altar]]s. Altars serve as the sacred place and focal point of worship to one or more given deities, where offerings and prayers are made to the gods.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-13 |title=Household worship |url=https://hellenicfaith.com/household-worship/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Hellenic Faith |language=en}}</ref>