"There was no priestly hierarchy either for Greece as a whole or for single cantons; not even among priests of the same in different cantons was there organized coöperation. Some popular or oracle might win more than local prestige and secure the protection and support of various neighboring states, but there the drift toward centralization and organization found its limit. At no time did there exist an organized authority which could formulate standards of faith or dictate the usages of religious etiquette. Ritual, seeking that which in matter and manner was believed to be well pleasing to the , followed the traditions of the individual shrines, and there were no better theologians than the poets."
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Benjamin Ide Wheeler
(July 15, 1854 – May 2, 1927) was a professor of Greek and comparative philology at Cornell University from 1886 to 1899, author, and president of the from 1899 to 1919. He received honorary doctorates from 8 universities. In 1917, the University of California, Berkeley named the newly-opened in his honor. The , launched in November 1942, was named in his honor.
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