{"product_id":"greek-religion-9780631156246","title":"Greek Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis synthesis of Greek religion aims to provide a structured survey for classical scholars and students, and provides an account of a polytheistic religious system. The text builds up a picture of the current state of knowledge about the religion of the Ancient Greeks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A powerful synthesis from the greatest living authority on the subject, but for all its depth and detail, it is never less than lucid and the text is constantly enlivened with vivid asides and illuminating analogies.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The leading continental scholar ... his \u003ci\u003eGreek Religion\u003c\/i\u003e... already has the standing of a classic.\" \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A masterpiece, packed with learning but also rich in ideas and connections of every sort ... nobody else could have produced an account of the subject of comparable range and power. This will be the best history of Greek religion for this generation.\" \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. \u003cp\u003eA Survey of Scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Scope of the Study.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Prehistory and the Minoan-Mycenaean Age.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Indo-European.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Minoan-Mycenaean Religion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Dark Ages and the Problem of Continuity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Ritual and Sanctuary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. ‘Working Sacred Things: Animal Sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Gift Offerings and Libation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Purification.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Sanctuary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Priests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Ecstasy and Divination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Gods.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Spell of Homer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Individual Gods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. The Remainder of the Pantheon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. The Special Character of Greek Anthropomorphism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Dead, Heroes, and Chthonic Gods.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Burial and the Cult of the Dead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Afterlife Mythology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Olympian and Chthonic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. The Heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Figures Who Cross the Chthonic-Olympian Boundary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Polis and Polytheism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Thought Patterns in Greek Polytheism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. The Rhythm of the Festivals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Social Functions of Cult.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Piety in the Mirror of Greek Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Mysteries and Asceticism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Mystery Sanctuaries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Bacchica and Orphica.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Bios.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Philosophical Religion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. The New Foundation: Being and the Divine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. The Crisis: Sophists and Atheists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. The Deliverance: Cosmic Religion and Metaphysics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Philosophical Religion and Polis Religion: Plato's Laws.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Greek Words.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865425981783,"sku":"9780631156246","price":29.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631156246.jpg?v=1722274047","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/greek-religion-9780631156246","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}