RELIGIONS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS by Simon Price ( 9780521388672 )

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Title:

RELIGIONS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS

By:

Simon Price

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Paperback

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0521388678

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9780521388672

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

28 June, 1999

Series:

Key Themes in Ancient History

Pages:

230

Description:

This 1999 book describes the religious life of the Greeks from the archaic to the Roman periods.

Synopsis:

This 1999 book is about the religious life of the Greeks from the eighth century BC to the fifth century AD, looked at in the context of a variety of different cities and periods. Simon Price does not describe some abstract and self-contained system of religion or myths but examines local practices and ideas in the light of general Greek ideas, relating them for example, to gender roles and to cultural and political life (including Attic tragedy and the trial of Socrates). He also lays emphasis on the reactions to Greek religions of ancient thinkers - Greek, Roman, Jewish and Christian. The evidence drawn on is of all kinds: literary texts, which are translated throughout; inscriptions, including an appendix of newly translated Greek inscriptions; and archaeology, which is highlighted in the numerous illustrations.

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36 b/w illus.

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Cambridge University Press

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