Companion to Greek Religion

Name: Companion to Greek Religion
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ISBN: 9781444334173

ISBN-10: 1444334174

ISBN-13: 9781444334173

Edition: 2010

Authors: Daniel Ogden

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Book details

Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 1/15/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.70" long x 1.12" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English



List of Figures


Notes on Contributors


Acknowledgements


Notes on Authors and Translations


Abbreviations


Ancient Author Fragment Series


Introduction




In the Background



Greek Religion and the Ancient Near East




The Powers: The Gods and the Dead



Olympian Gods, Olympian Pantheon




A Land Full of Gods: Nature Deities in Greek Religion




Personification in Greek Religious Thought and Practice




The Dead




Heroes and Hero-cults




Communicating with the Divine



Prayers and Hymns




Greek Normative Animal Sacrifice




Divination




From Sacred Space to Sacred Time



A Day in the Life of a Greek Sanctuary




Purity and Pollution




Festivals




Time and Greek Religion




Local Religious Systems



"Famous Athens, Divine Polis": The Religious System at Athens




The Religious System at Sparta




The Religious System at Alexandria




The Religious System in Arcadia




Social Organization, the Family and Sex



Religion and Society in Classical Greece




Women, Religion and the Home




"Something to do with Aphrodite": Ta Aphrodisia and the Sacred




Mysteries and Magic



Finding Dionysus




The Mysteries of Demeter and Kore




Magic in Classical and Hellenistic Greece




Intersections: Greek Religion and ...



Greek Religion and Literature




Greek Religion and Philosophy: The God of the Philospher




Greek Religion and Art




Epilogue



Gods of the Silver Screen: Cinematic Representations of Myth and Divinity