Greek gods abroad : names, natures, and transformations / Robert Parker

• Superior document: Sather classical lectures volume 72
• VerfasserIn: Parker, Robert 1950-
• Place / Publishing House: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Sather classical lectures volume 72; A Joan Palevsky book in classical literature
• Physical Description: x, 257 Seiten; Karte
• Notes: Literaturverzeichnis Seite 233-244

"From even before the time of Alexander the Great, the Greek gods spread throughout the Mediterranean, carried by settlers and largely adopted by the indigenous populations. By the third century BC, gods bearing Greek names were worshipped everywhere from Spain to Afghanistan, with the resultin...