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Introduction Daniel Ogden Gods overflowed like clothes from an over-filled drawer which no one felt obliged to tidy (Robert Park ...
to approach the distinctiveness of the religious experiences of individuals or of local communities within the Greek world. The ...
of pairs of gods. The western tradition’s reception of the Olympian gods has inevit- ably been formed by the great poetical work ...
witnessed the development of important cults for a number of personifications, but, in contrast with the Rhamnous sanctuary, the ...
heroes associated with a martial context. The sites and shrines at which heroes were worshiped were so diverse in their physical ...
that sacrifice was killing to eat. All have merits, but are ultimately too reductive in their treatment of this polyvalent ritua ...
sacrifice, offer votives, or just ‘‘share in the beauty and awe of the sacred place.’’ The best-documented sanctuaries, although ...
deed of murder: it was only when public proclamation of his pollutedness was made that this condition came into existence. Indee ...
beneath the earth in the course of their cycles, and their clear reflection in the still lagoons associated with underworld entr ...
Erechtheum, anomalously by the standards of Greek temples, drew together a diver- sity of cults under Athena’s patronage. It was ...
founded her cult in the city, where her temples soon proliferated. New imagery and attributes were developed for her interaction ...
The following chapters (Part VI) look at the role of religion in structuring or reflecting the structure of society in ancient G ...
formed the symbolic heart of the house. The hearth became emblematic of the family’s fertility and continuity, with new brides b ...
orderly and ritual fashion, but it could induce the more dangerous and destructive form of madness when done without order. The ...
tricks’’ that did not necessarily seek to affect the behavior of any individual directly, were also an important part of the anc ...
with the non-divine. Partial order is imposed on the chaotic world by a demiurge or creator-god, who is good, with reference to ...
We conclude with an epilogue on the contemporary popular reception of ancient Greek religion.Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones(Chapter 27) a ...
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PART I In the Background ...
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