Ancient Greek Religion A Sourcebook

Name: Ancient Greek Religion A Sourcebook
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ISBN: 9781405149280

ISBN-10: 1405149280

ISBN-13: 9781405149280

Edition: 2009

Authors: Emily Kearns

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Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 9/25/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.60" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English

Dominic Baker-Smith is a professor emeritus of English Literature at the University of Amsterdam.Emily Kearns is Lecturer in Classics at St Hilda?s College, Oxford/



Illustrations


Abbreviations


Introduction



Gods and Religion



About the Gods



Other Gods; Gods and Others



About Religion



Mythology



Quarrels of the Gods



Divine-Human Sex



Helping and Hindering Mortals



Aetiological and Foundation Myths



Mythology: Discussion and Treatment



Closeness and Distance



Prayers and Associated Offerings



Dreams and Epiphanies



Pollution, Death, and the Dead



Personal Choice



Impiety and Atheism



Ritual Contexts



The House and Neighbourhood



Religious Experts and Their Crafts



Political Life, Oaths and Curses



War and Crists



Sanctuaries I



Visiting a Sanctuary



Sacrifice



Festivals and Calendars



Priests



Hymns



Dedications



Sanctuaries II



Common Sanctuaries



Oracular Sanctuaries



Healing Cults



Mysteries



Founding a New Sanctuary


Suggestions for Further Reading


Index of Passages


General Index