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Author | : Bernard C. Dietrich |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2016-07-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3110840871 |
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Nilsson's seminal work on Minoan-Myceanaean religion had its second edition in 1950 prior to the decipherment of Linear B; yet he found much in the archaeological record of the Bronze Age which he associated with later Greek religion. In that respect his insights were vindicated by the reading of those tablets which bore the names of classical Greek divinities, though at tme time new conclusions were needed about Indo-European arrival in Greek lands. Dietrich, with Nilsson very much in mind, starts from the premises that beliefs and their associated rites are inherently conservative; that, even where populations change, they tend to do so gradually, creating fusions rather than wholesale disruptions in ritual practice. An understanding of classical Greek religion thus, necessarily, depends on appreciation of its forerunners in the Bronze Age; and they, in turn, on evidence from the better documented religions of the Middle East. Dietrich's four main chapters deal first with those eastern links; then with the old traditions of Minoan Crete; next with the interplay of pre-Greek Minoan and Greek Mycenaean cultures; and finally he attempts to bridge the commonly assumed divide between bronze age and archaic Greece. Appendixes deal with Minoan peak-sanctuaries, with Apollo at Delphi, and (sympathetically) with Nilsson's pervasive view that Greek mythology was first formulated in the Mycenaean age. In these areas a great deal more work has been done since 1974. Dietrich's thoroughly researched work was at once trend-setting and provocative. It is here made available for the first time in paperback; for it still contains much of importance for the student of Greek religion.
Author | : Jane Ellen Harrison |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 614 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Classical drama |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Esther Eidinow |
Publisher | : Oxford Handbooks |
Total Pages | : 737 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199642036 |
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This handbook offers both students and teachers of ancient Greek religion a comprehensive overview of the current state of scholarship in the subject, from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods. It not only presents key information, but also explores the ways in which such information is gathered and the different approaches that have shaped the area. In doing so, the volume provides a crucial research and orientation tool for students of the ancient world, and also makes a vital contribution to the key debates surrounding the conceptualization of ancient Greek religion. The handbook's initial chapters lay out the key dimensions of ancient Greek religion, approaches to evidence, and the representations of myths. The following chapters discuss the continuities and differences between religious practices in different cultures, including Egypt, the Near East, the Black Sea, and Bactria and India. The range of contributions emphasizes the diversity of relationships between mortals and the supernatural - in all their manifestations, across, between, and beyond ancient Greek cultures - and draws attention to religious activities as dynamic, highlighting how they changed over time, place, and context.
Author | : Martin Persson Nilsson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Crete (Greece) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Jane Ellen Harrison |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 716 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Cults |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Martin Persson Nilsson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Crete (Greece) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Jan N. Bremmer |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004164731 |
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This book greatly enhances our knowledge of the interrelationship of Greek religion & culture and the Ancient Near East by offering important analyses of Greek myths, divinities and terms like a ~magica (TM) and 'paradise', but also of the Greek contribution to the Christian notion of atonement.
Author | : Jan N. Bremmer |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780199220731 |
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A brief but highly informative book on Greek religion in the classical period.
Author | : Jennifer Larson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 431 |
Release | : 2016-03-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317296745 |
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Understanding Greek Religion is one of the first attempts to fully examine any religion from a cognitivist perspective, applying methods and findings from the cognitive science of religion to the ancient Greek world. In this book, Jennifer Larson shows that many of the fundamentals of Greek religion, such as anthropomorphic gods, divinatory procedures, purity beliefs, reciprocity, and sympathetic magic arise naturally as by-products of normal human cognition. Drawing on evidence from across the ancient Greek world, Larson provides detailed coverage of Greek theology and local pantheons, rituals including processions, animal sacrifice and choral dance, and afterlife beliefs as they were expressed through hero worship and mystery cults. Eighteen in-depth essays illustrate the theoretical discussion with primary sources and include case studies of key cult inscriptions from Kyrene, Kos, and Miletos. This volume features maps, tables, and over twenty images to support and expand on the text, and will provide conceptual tools for understanding the actions and beliefs that constitute a religion. Additionally, Larson offers the first detailed discussion of cognition and memory in the transmission of Greek religious beliefs and rituals, as well as a glossary of terms and a bibliographical essay on the cognitive science of religion. Understanding Greek Religion is an essential resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of Greek culture and ancient Mediterranean religions.
Author | : Jan Bremmer |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2008-04-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9047432711 |
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In the last decades there has been an increasing interest in the relationship between Greek religion & culture and the Ancient Near East. This challenging book contributes greatly to this interest by studying the Near Eastern background of important Greek myths, such as those of the creation of the world and the first woman, the Flood, the Golden Fleece, the Titans and travelling seers, but also of the births of Attis and Asclepius as well as the origins of the terms ‘paradise’ and ‘magic’. It also shows that, in turn, Greek literature influenced Jewish stories of divine epiphanies and that the Greek scapegoat myths and rituals contributed to the central Christian notion of atonement.