A Companion to Greek religion

This major addition to Blackwell s Companions to the Ancient World series covers all aspects of religion in the ancient Greek world from the archaic, through the classical and into the Hellenistic period. Written by a panel of international experts Focuses on religious life as it was experienced by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Ogden, Daniel, editor literari (editor literari)
Formato: 991007205389706719
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Malden, MA : Blackwell cop. 2007
Colección:Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I In the Background
  • Chapter 1: Greek Religion and the Ancient Near East
  • Part II The Powers: The Gods and the Dead
  • Chapter 2: Olympian Gods, Olympian Pantheon
  • Chapter 3: A Land Full of Gods: Nature Deities in Greek Religion
  • Chapter 4: Personification in Greek Religious Thought and Practice
  • Chapter 5: The Dead
  • Chapter 6: Heroes and Hero-Cults
  • Part III Communicating with the Divine
  • Chapter 7: Prayers and Hymns
  • Chapter 8: Greek Normative Animal Sacrifice
  • Chapter 9: Divination
  • Part IV From Sacred Space to Sacred Time
  • Chapter 10: A Day in the Life of a Greek Sanctuary
  • Chapter 11: Purity and Pollution
  • Chapter 12: Festivals
  • Chapter 13: Time and Greek Religion
  • Part V Local Religious Systems
  • Chapter 14: ''Famous Athens, Divine Polis'': The Religious System at Athens
  • Chapter 15: The Religious System at Sparta
  • Chapter 16: The Religious System at Alexandria
  • Chapter 17: The Religious System in Arcadia
  • Part VI Social Organization, the Family, and Sex
  • Chapter 18: Religion and Society in Classical Greece
  • Chapter 19: Women, Religion, and the Home
  • Chapter 20: ''Something to do with Aphrodite'': Ta Aphrodisia and the Sacred
  • Part VII Mysteries and Magic
  • Chapter 21: Finding Dionysus
  • Chapter 22: The Mysteries of Demeter and Kore
  • Chapter 23: Magic in Classical and Hellenistic Greece
  • Part VIII Intersections: Greek Religion and . . .
  • Chapter 24: Greek Religion and Literature
  • Chapter 25: Greek Religion and Philosophy: The God of the Philosopher
  • Chapter 26: Greek Religion and Art
  • Part IX Epilogue
  • Chapter 27: Gods of the Silver Screen: Cinematic Representations of Myth and Divinity