Greek Religion and Society - Softcover

Easterling/Muir/Finley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521287855 ISBN 13: 9780521287852

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Greek religion is a subject of absorbing interest, essential for the understanding of history and culture, but often puzzling and elusive. This collection of essays ranges over many aspects of Greek civil life, looking at the ways in which religion manifested itself in institutions, art and literature, and tracing the attitudes that lay behind the manifold cults and customs. It is not meant as an exhaustive introduction to the subject, but as a series of related approaches which will help students to draw the threads together, on lines suggested by Sir Moses Finley in his introduction to the book.

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Book Description:

Greek religion is a subject of absorbing interest, essential for the understanding of history and culture, but often puzzling and elusive. This collection of essays ranges over many aspects of Greek civil life, looking at the ways in which religion manifested itself in institutions, art and literature, and tracing the attitudes that lay behind the manifold cults and customs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521287855
• ISBN 13: 9780521287852
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268