On Greek Religion /

On Greek Religion / / Robert Parker.

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"There is something of a paradox about our access to ancient Greek religion. We know too much, and too little. The materials that bear on it far outreach an individual's capacity to assimilate: so many casual allusions in so many literary texts over more than a millennium, so many direct o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Parker, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Classical Philology ; 60
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.) :; 11 halftones, 2 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Why Believe Without Revelation?
  • 2. Religion Without A Church
  • 3. Analyzing Greek Gods
  • 4. The Power And Nature Of Heroes
  • 5. Killing, Dining, Communicating
  • 6. The Experience Of Festivals
  • 7. The Varieties Of Greek Religious Experience
  • Appendix 1. Seeking The Advice Of The God On Matters Of Cult
  • Appendix 2. Accepting New Gods
  • Appendix 3. Worshipping Mortals, And The Nature Of Gods
  • Appendix 4. Types Of Chthonian Sacrifice?
  • Appendix 5. The Early History Of Hero Cult
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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