Greek Religion
Archaic and Classical
Walter Burkert, John Raffan
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Greek Religion
Archaic and Classical
Walter Burkert, John Raffan
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" Greek Religion... already has the standing of a classic, and the publication of an English version, which incorporates new material and is in effect a second edition, demands a toast... Anyone who pretends to survey Greek religion must be phenomenally learned. Burkert is. His book is a marvel of professional scholarship." â London Review of Books
"This book has established itself as a masterpiece, packed with learning but also rich in ideas and connections of every sort. Its appearance in a good English translation is an event not only for Hellenists but for all those interested in the study of religion... nobody else could have produced an account of the subject of comparable range and power. This will be the best history of Greek religion for this generation." â New York Review of Books
Cover illustration: detail from an Attic vase, 450 B.C., showing a victory sacrifice (The Mansell Collection).
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ABBREVIATIONS
AA | ArchÀologischer Anzeiger |
A & A | Antike und Abendland |
AAA | ArchaiologikĂ AnĂĄlekta ex AthenĂŽn |
AAntHung | Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae |
ABV | J.D. Beazley, Attic Black-figure Vase Painters, Oxford, 1956 |
ACl | LâAntiquitĂ© classique |
AE | ArchaiologikĂš EphemerĂs |
AF | L. Deubner, Attische Feste, Berlin, 1932 |
AJA | American Journal of Archaeology |
AK | Antike Kunst |
AM | Mitteilungen des Deutschen ArchÀologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung |
ANET | Ancient Near Eastern Texts relating to the Old Testament, ed. J.B. Pritchard, Princeton, 2nd edn, 1955; Supplement, 1968 |
ANRW | Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt, ed. H. Temporini, Berlin, 1972â |
ARV | J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-figure Vase Painters, Oxford, 2nd edn, 1963 |
ARW | Archiv fĂŒr Religionswissenschaft |
AS | Anatolian Studies |
ASAtene | Annuario della Scuola archeologica di Atene |
BABesch | Bulletin van de Vereeniging tot Bevordering der Kennis van de Antieke Beschaving |
BAGB | Bulletin de lâAssociation Guillaume BudĂ© |
BCH | Bulletin de correspondence hellénique |
BICS | Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies of the University of London |
BJb | Bonner JahrbĂŒcher |
BMC | British Museum, Catalogue of Greek Coins |
BSA | Annual of the British School at Athens |
BSL | Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris |
CAF | Comicorum Atticorum Fragmenta, ed. Th. Kock, Leipzig, 1880â88 |
CAH | The Cambridge Ancient History, IâII 2, Cambridge, 3rd edn, 1970â75 |
CGS | L.R. Farnell, The Cults of the Greek States IâV, Oxford, 1896â1909 |
CIG | Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum |
CIL | Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum |
CIS | Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum |
CMG | Corpus Medicorum Graecorum |
CMS | Corpus der Minoischen und Mykenischen Siegel |
CQ | Classical Quarterly |
CRAI | Comptes rendus de lâAcadĂ©mie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres |
DA | Dissertation Abstracts |
Doc. | M. Ventris and J. Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, Cambridge, 2nd edn, 1973 |
EAA | Enciclopedia dellâArte Antica Classica e Orientale |
FGrHist | F. Jacoby, Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker, Berlin/Leiden 1923â58 |
GB | J.G. Frazer, The Golden Bough IâXIII, London, 3rd edn, 1911â36 |
GdH | U. v. Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Der Glaube der Hellenen IâII, Berlin, 1931â32 |
GF | M.P. Nilsson, Griechische Feste von religiöser Bedeutung mit Ausschluà der attischen, Berlin, 1906 |
GGR | M.P. Nilsson, Geschichte der griechischen Religion I, Munich, 3rd edn, 1967; II, 2nd edn, 1961 |
GRBS | Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies |
HN | W. Burkert, Homo Necans: the anthropology of ancient Greek sacrificial ritual and myth, Berkeley, 1983 |
HR | History of Religions |
HSCP | Harvard Studies in Classical Philology |
IC | Inscriptiones Creticae |
IE | H. Engelmann and R. Merkelbach, Die Inschriften von Erythrai und Klazomenai, IâII, Bonn, 1972â73 |
IF | Indogermanische Forschungen |
IG | Inscriptiones Graecae |
JCS | Journal of Cuneiform Studies |
Jdl | Jahrbuch des Deutschen ArchÀologischen Instituts |
JHistId | Journal of the History of Ideas |
JHS | Journal of Hellenic Studies |
JIES | Journal of Indo-European Studies |
KA | P. Stengel, Die griechischen KultusaltertĂŒmer, Munich, 2nd edn, 1920 |
KAI | H. Donner and W. Röllig, KanaanĂ€ische und aramĂ€ische Inschriften IâIII, Wiesbaden, 2nd edn, 1966â69 |
KN | Knossos Tablets (see I 3.6 n. 2) |
L & S | W. Burkert, Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism, Cambridge, Mass., 1972 |
LIMC | Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae I, ZĂŒrich, 1981 |
LSAM | F. Sokolowski, Lois sacrĂ©es de lâAsie Mineure, Paris, 1955 |
LSCG | F. Sokolowski, Lois sacrées des cités grecques, Paris, 1969 |
LSS | F. Sokolowski, Lois sacrées des cités grecques, Supplement, Paris, 1962 |
MH | Museum Helveticum |
MMR | M.P. Nilsson, The MinoanâMycenaean... |