Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion Paperback / softback
Edited by Esther (University of Nottingham) Eidinow, Julia (University of Sydney) Kindt, Robin (University of Cambridge) Osborne
Part of the Cambridge Classical Studies series
Paperback / softback
Description
Studied for many years by scholars with Christianising assumptions, Greek religion has often been said to be quite unlike Christianity: a matter of particular actions (orthopraxy), rather than particular beliefs (orthodoxies).
This volume dares to think that, both in and through religious practices and in and through religious thought and literature, the ancient Greeks engaged in a sustained conversation about the nature of the gods and how to represent and worship them.
It excavates the attitudes towards the gods implicit in cult practice and analyses the beliefs about the gods embedded in such diverse texts and contexts as comedy, tragedy, rhetoric, philosophy, ancient Greek blood sacrifice, myth and other forms of storytelling.
The result is a richer picture of the supernatural in ancient Greece, and a whole series of fresh questions about how views of and relations to the gods changed over time.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:441 pages, 16 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:16/01/2020
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- ISBN:9781316607503
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:441 pages, 16 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:16/01/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781316607503
