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Contents

List of Figures x

Notes on Contributors xii

Acknowledgments xvii

Note on Authors and Translations xviii

Abbreviations xix

Ancient Author Fragment Series xxi

Introduction 1
Daniel Ogden

Part I In the Background 19

1 Greek Religion and the Ancient Near East 21

Scott B. Noegel

Part II The Powers: The Gods and the Dead 39

2 Olympian Gods, Olympian Pantheon 41

Ken Dowden

3 A Land Full of Gods: Nature Deities in Greek Religion 56

Jennifer Larson

4 Personification in Greek Religious Thought and Practice 71

Emma Stafford

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