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Ancient Greek Religion
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2009.
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| Colección: | New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- List of color plates
- List of figures
- List of maps
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- I An Overview: Greek Sanctuaries and Worship
- Location
- The Altar
- The Temenos
- Priests and Priestesses
- Sacred Days
- Dedications
- Statue and Temple
- Worship
- II Greek Gods, Heroes, and Polytheism
- The Gods
- Ouranic and Chthonic Deities
- Heroes and Heroines
- Gods and Heroes in Combinations
- Gods and Heroes as a Unified Collective
- A Human in a Polytheistic World
- III Seven Greek Cult Myths
- 1. Athena, Poseidon, and Athens
- 2. Erechtheus, Athena, and Athenian Autochthony
- 3. Erechtheus, Poseidon, and Athena
- 4. Dionysus, Icarius, and Erigone
- 5. Artemis Brauronia and the Bears
- 6. Zeus Polieus, the Bouphonia, and the Ox
- 7. Zeus, Prometheus, and the Gods' Portion
- IV Five Major Greek Cults
- Athena Polias of Athens
- Demeter Eleusinia and the Eleusinian Mysteries
- Dionysus Cadmeios of Thebes
- Apollo Pythios of Delphi
- Zeus Olympios of Olympia
- V Religion in the Greek Family and Village
- The Father
- The Mother
- The Daughter
- The Son
- The Slave
- VI Religion of the Greek City-State
- Fertility of Crops, Animals, and Human Beings
- Good Health
- Economic Prosperity
- Safety in Seafaring and Warfare
- National Identity and National Needs
- VII Greek Religion and the Individual
- Death and the Afterlife
- VIII Greek Religion in the Hellenistic Period
- Athens
- Delos
- Erythrae
- Alexandria
- IX Greek Religion and Greek Culture
- Life and Death
- Government
- Architecture
- Sculpture
- Vases and Painting
- Athletic and Other Competitions
- Law and Morality
- Literature
- Localism, Nationalism, and Polytheism
- Glossary of recurring Greek terms
- Index