Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion

Herausgeber: Eidinow, Esther; Osborne, Robin; Kindt, Julia

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Produktbeschreibung

This wide-ranging investigation of the theorising about the divine that is implicit and explicit in the religious practices and literary and philosophical texts of the ancient Greeks, shows that Greeks thought hard about what gods must be like and what the appropriate ways to worship them were.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Classical Studies
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 441
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 143mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 556g
• ISBN-13: 9781316607503
• ISBN-10: 131660750X
• Artikelnr.: 58502730

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: what might we mean by the theologies of ancient Greek religion? Esther Eidinow, Julia Kindt, Robin Osborne and Shaul Tor
2. The story of theology and the theology of the story Julia Kindt
3. Theologies of the family in Homer and Hesiod Barbara Graziosi
4. Who's afraid of Cypselos? Contested theologies and dynastic dedications Renaud Gagné
5. Heraclitus on Apollo's language and his own: contemplating oracles and philosophical enquiry Shaul Tor
6. The 'theology' of the Dionysia and Old Comedy Eric Csapo
7. Polytheism and tragedy Simon Goldhill
8. Gods and men in ancient Greek conceptions of lawgiving Hannah Willey
9. Popular theology: the gift of divine envy Esther Eidinow
10. Sacrificial theologies Robin Osborne
11. Theologies of statues Milette Gaifman
12. The gods in the Athenian Assembly Gunther Martin
13. Plato and the secularisation of Greek theology Rick Benitez
14. Philosophy as religion and the meaning of 'providence' in Middle Platonism George Boys-Stones
15. Narratives of continuity and discontinuity Peter Van Nuffelen.