Jon D Mikalson

Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of how Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and other Greek philosophers described, interpreted, criticized, and utilized the components and concepts of the religion of the people of their time. These include practices such as sacrifice, prayer, dedications, and divination, and the governing concepts of piety and impiety.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 145mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780199577835
• ISBN-10: 0199577838
• Artikelnr.: 30360613

Autorenporträt

Jon D. Mikalson is W. R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: `Service to the gods'
2: Prayer, sacrifice, festivals, dedications, and priests in `service to the gods'
3: Divination and its range of influence
4: `Proper respect for the gods' and `religious correctness'
5: Philosophers and the benevolence of the Greek gods
6: Polling the Greeks and their philosophers