What is ancient Greek religion? This book eschews an Athenocentric view of Greek religion, moving away from a false picture of uniformity and addressing other parts of the Greek world whose particularities are often ignored. It offers students an overview of core ideas, giving them the conceptual tools for understanding the actions and beliefs that constitute a religion, and also grounds them in the evidence of material culture as well as written sources. It provides contextualizing introductions to key topics, illustrating these with case studies. Illustrated with maps, drawings and images,…mehr
What is ancient Greek religion? This book eschews an Athenocentric view of Greek religion, moving away from a false picture of uniformity and addressing other parts of the Greek world whose particularities are often ignored. It offers students an overview of core ideas, giving them the conceptual tools for understanding the actions and beliefs that constitute a religion, and also grounds them in the evidence of material culture as well as written sources. It provides contextualizing introductions to key topics, illustrating these with case studies. Illustrated with maps, drawings and images, it provides an insightful and revealing overview of Greek religion.
Jennifer Larson is Professor of Classics at Kent State University. Her research interests include Greek poetry, mythology and religion. She is the author of Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Lore (2001) and Ancient Greek Cults: A Guide (2007).
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Contents List of Illustrations, Maps and Tables Preface and Acknowledgments Using This Book Abbreviations 1. What is Greek Religion? Essay 1.1: Twelve Gods, and Other Ways to Limit a Pantheon Essay 1.2: Homer's Hera and the Hera(s) of Cult Essay 1.3: Reciprocity in Greek Religion 2. Implicit Theology and the (Ir)rational Essay 2.1: Epiphanies of Athena Essay 2.2: What Do The Gods Know? Essay 2.3: Myth, Ritual and Adonis 3. Orthopraxy, Identity, and Society Essay 3.1: The Inclusiveness of the Panathenaic Festival Essay 3.2: Dancing for the Gods Essay 3.3: The Kyrene Cathartic Law 4. Ritual, Festival and Sacrifice Essay 4.1: Sacrificing to Zeus Polieus on Kos Essay 4.2: Theseus and the Athenian Calendar Essay 4.3: Ritual Form and the Greek Evidence 5. Eschatology, Mysteries and Hero Cults Essay 5.1 How Mystical Were the Eleusinian Mysteries? Essay 5.2 Texts to Accompany the Dead Essay 5.3 Three Heroic Founders 6. Memory, Continuity and Change Essay 6.1 Memory and the Molpoi Essay 6.2 Herakles as Pan-Mediterranean Deity Essay 6.3 The Origins of Sarapis Glossary The Cognitive Science of Religion: A Bibliographical Essay Index
Contents List of Illustrations, Maps and Tables Preface and Acknowledgments Using This Book Abbreviations 1. What is Greek Religion? Essay 1.1: Twelve Gods, and Other Ways to Limit a Pantheon Essay 1.2: Homer's Hera and the Hera(s) of Cult Essay 1.3: Reciprocity in Greek Religion 2. Implicit Theology and the (Ir)rational Essay 2.1: Epiphanies of Athena Essay 2.2: What Do The Gods Know? Essay 2.3: Myth, Ritual and Adonis 3. Orthopraxy, Identity, and Society Essay 3.1: The Inclusiveness of the Panathenaic Festival Essay 3.2: Dancing for the Gods Essay 3.3: The Kyrene Cathartic Law 4. Ritual, Festival and Sacrifice Essay 4.1: Sacrificing to Zeus Polieus on Kos Essay 4.2: Theseus and the Athenian Calendar Essay 4.3: Ritual Form and the Greek Evidence 5. Eschatology, Mysteries and Hero Cults Essay 5.1 How Mystical Were the Eleusinian Mysteries? Essay 5.2 Texts to Accompany the Dead Essay 5.3 Three Heroic Founders 6. Memory, Continuity and Change Essay 6.1 Memory and the Molpoi Essay 6.2 Herakles as Pan-Mediterranean Deity Essay 6.3 The Origins of Sarapis Glossary The Cognitive Science of Religion: A Bibliographical Essay Index
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