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5 The Dead 86

D. Felton

6 Heroes and Hero-Cults 100

Gunnel Ekroth

Part III Communicating with the Divine 115

7 Prayers and Hymns 117

William D. Furley

8 Greek Normative Animal Sacrifice 132

Jan N. Bremmer

9 Divination 145

Pierre Bonnechere

Part IV From Sacred Space to Sacred Time 161

10 A Day in the Life of a Greek Sanctuary 163

Beate Dignas

11 Purity and Pollution 178

Andreas Bendlin

12 Festivals 190

Scott Scullion

13 Time and Greek Religion 204

James Davidson

Part V Local Religious Systems 219

14 ‘‘Famous Athens, Divine Polis’’: The Religious System

at Athens 221

Susan Deacy

15 The Religious System at Sparta 236

Nicolas Richer

16 The Religious System at Alexandria 253

Franc ̧oise Dunand

17 The Religious System in Arcadia 264

Madeleine Jost

Part VI Social Organization, the Family, and Sex 281

18 Religion and Society in Classical Greece 283

Charles W. Hedrick Jr.

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