As Greek society emerged from the Dark Age, Greek religion included all the following EXCEPT
A) Olympian gods, already present in Homeric epics, led by Zeus.
B) the cult of Dionysus which featured ecstatic dancing and frenzied prayer to the god of wine and agricultural fertility.
C) the Eleusinian cult with its denial of life after death and focus on an earthly life of moderation.
D) the Orphic cult and its doctrine that the soul is imprisoned in the body as punishment for an unknown fault.
E) belief in local gods and rituals special to each city.
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