Ancient Greek Cults
eBook - ePub

Ancient Greek Cults

A Guide

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ancient Greek Cults

A Guide

About this book

Using archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources; and incorporating current scholarly theories, this volume will serve as an excellent companion to any introduction to Greek mythology, showing a side of the Greek gods to which most students are rarely exposed.

Detailed enough to be used as a quick reference tool or text, and providing a readable account focusing on the oldest, most widespread, and most interesting religious practices of the ancient Greek world in the Archaic and Classical periods, Ancient Greek Cults surveys ancient Greek religion through the cults of its gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines.

Jennifer Larson conveniently summarizes a vast amount of material in many languages, normally inaccessible to undergrad students, and explores, in detail, the variety of cults celebrated by the Greeks, how these cults differed geographically, and how each deity was conceptualized in local cult titles and rituals.

Including an introductory chapter on sources and methods, and suggestions for further reading this book will allow readers to gain a fresh perspective on Greek religion.

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Information

Year
2007
Print ISBN
9780415491020
eBook ISBN
9781134346189
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Illustrations
  5. Preface and Acknowledgments
  6. 1. Methods, Sources, and Concepts for the Study of Ancient Greek Cults
  7. 2. Progenitor and King: Zeus
  8. 3. Lady of Grand Temples: Hera
  9. 4. Mistress of Citadels: Athena
  10. 5. Ruler of Elemental Powers: Poseidon
  11. 6. Mistresses of Grain and Souls: Demeter and Kore/Persephone
  12. 7. Guarding and Guiding the City: Apollo
  13. 8. The Tender and the Savage: Artemis
  14. 9. The Persuasive Goddess: Aphrodite
  15. 10. Epiphany and Transformation: Dionysos
  16. 11. Dear to the People: Hermes, Pan, and Nature Deities
  17. 12. Divine Specialists: Other Panhellenic Deities
  18. 13. Strangers and Indigenes: Latecomer and Regional Deities
  19. 14. Anomalous Immortals: Hero-Gods and Heroine-Goddesses
  20. 15. The Powerful Dead: Heroes and Heroines
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography