A companion to Greek religion / edited by Daniel Ogden.

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Other Authors: Ogden, Daniel
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
Series:Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture.
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Physical Description:xx, 497 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Greek religion and the ancient Near East / Scott B. Noegel
  • Olympian gods, Olympian pantheon / Ken Dowden
  • A land full of gods : nature deities in Greek religion / Jennifer Larson
  • Personification in Greek religious thought and practice / Emma Stafford
  • The dead / D. Felton
  • Heroes and hero-cults / Gunnel Ekroth
  • Prayers and hymns / William D. Furley
  • Greek normative animal sacrifice / Jan N. Bremmer
  • Divination / Pierre Bonnechere
  • A day in the life of a Greek sanctuary / Beate Dignas
  • Purity and pollution / Andreas Bendlin
  • Festivals / Scott Scullion
  • Time and Greek religion / James Davidson
  • "Famous Athens, divine polis" : the religious system at Athens / Susan Deacy
  • The religious system at Sparta / Nicolas Richer
  • The religious system at Alexandria / Françoise Dunand
  • The religious system in Arcadia / Madeleine Jost
  • Religion and society in classical Greece / Charles W. Hedrick, Jr.
  • Women, religion, and the home / Janett Morgan
  • "Something to do with Aphrodite" : Ta Aphrodisia and the sacred / Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge
  • Finding Dionysus / Susan Guettel Cole
  • The mysteries of Demeter and Kore / Kevin Clinton
  • Magic in classical and Hellenistic Greece / Matthew W. Dickie
  • Greek religion and literature / Thomas Harrison
  • Greek religion and philosophy : the god of the philosopher / Fritz-Gregor Herrmann
  • Greek religion and art / T.H. Carpenter
  • Gods of the silver screen : cinematic representations of myth and divinity / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones.