{"product_id":"greek-gods-abroad-9780520293946","title":"Greek Gods Abroad","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom even before the time of Alexander the Great, the Greek gods spread throughout the Mediterranean, carried by settlers and largely adopted by the indigenous populations. This book examines the interaction between Greek religion and the cultures of the eastern Mediterranean with which it came into contact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\". . . offers a wide-ranging discussion of the processes by which the Greeks identified their gods with those of other people.\" * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\"Parker’s attention to names, cultic forms, and cultural exchange demonstrates a wide-ranging polytheistic arrangement of religious values and practices. . . . Summing Up: Recommended.\" * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e\"Parker [shows] the malleability of the ways in which humans use language and structure their ideas. Parker brilliantly analyses that malleability and also its limits, and in so doing he helps us to understand the ancients and ourselves.\" * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Names and Epithets\u003cbr\u003e 2. Interpretatio\u003cbr\u003e 3. Gods of Many Nations and Their Naming in Greek: Non-Greek Naming Traditions\u003cbr\u003e 4. Supreme, Ancestral, and Personal Gods\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ad Maiorem Deorum Gloriam: The Growth of Praise Epithets\u003cbr\u003e 6. Delos: Where God Meets God\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. Postclassical Use of the Epithet O?ρ?νιος\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. Translated Theophoric Names\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C. Interpretatio in India\u003cbr\u003e Appendix D. Some Non-Greek Theonyms in Anatolia\u003cbr\u003e Appendix E. Thasian Herakles\u003cbr\u003e Appendix F. Some Epithets in Bilingual Texts\u003cbr\u003e Appendix G. Divine and Human Names Juxtaposed\u003cbr\u003e Appendix H. Exported Gods: Th e Cults of Hellenistic Colonies\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402891600215,"sku":"9780520293946","price":32.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520293946.jpg?v=1730481790","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/greek-gods-abroad-9780520293946","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}