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Religions of the ancient Greeks / Simon Price.
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Price, S. R. F.
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Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1999
Description
1 online resource (xii, 217 pages)
Availability
Available Online
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Subject(s)
Philosophy, Ancient
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Greece
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Religion
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Series
Key themes in ancient history
Summary note
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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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016).
Contents
Introduction
Gods, myths and festivals
Religious places
Authority, control and crisis
Girls and boys, women and men
Elective cults
Greek thinkers
Reactions to Greek religions
Appendix of Greek inscriptions in translation.
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ISBN
9780511814488
0511814488
9780521382014
0521382017
9780521388672
0521388678
OCLC
967413545
Doi
10.1017/CBO9780511814488
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