Religions of the Ancient Greeks pdf
Religions of the Ancient Greeks pdf

Religions of the Ancient Greeks. Simon Price

Religions of the Ancient Greeks
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Author: Simon Price
Number of Pages: 232 pages
Published Date: 17 Jun 2004
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Publication Country: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language: English
Format: PDF
ISBN: 9780521382014
File Name: Religions.of.the.Ancient.Greeks.pdf
Download Link: Religions of the Ancient Greeks
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This 1999 book is about the religious life of the Greeks from the eighth century BC to the fifth century AD, looked at in the context of a variety of different cities and periods. Simon Price does not describe some abstract and self-contained system of religion or myths but examines local practices and ideas in the light of general Greek ideas, relating them for example, to gender roles and to cultural and political life (including Attic tragedy and the trial of Socrates). He also lays emphasis on the reactions to Greek religions of ancient thinkers - Greek, Roman, Jewish and Christian. The evidence drawn on is of all kinds: literary texts, which are translated throughout; inscriptions, including an appendix of newly translated Greek inscriptions; and archaeology, which is highlighted in the numerous illustrations.

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