On Greek religion /
Parker, Robert, 1950-
On Greek religion / Robert Parker. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xv, 309 pages) : illustrations. - Townsend lectures/Cornell studies in classical philology ; v. 60 . - Cornell studies in classical philology. Townsend lectures ; v. 60. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why believe without revelation? : the evidences of Greek religion -- Religion without a church : religious authority in Greece -- Analyzing Greek gods -- The power and nature of heroes -- Killing, dining, communicating -- The experience of festivals -- The varieties of Greek religious experience.
Robert Parker offers a provocative and wide-ranging entrance into the world of ancient Greek religion, focusing especially on the interpretive challenge of studying a religious system that in many ways remains desperately alien from the vantage point of the twenty-first century. --from publisher description.
9780801461750 0801461758
ebr10467984
22573/ctt4swd5 JSTOR
2010040747
HISTORY--Ancient--Greece.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Spirituality--Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION--Antiquities & Archaeology.
Religion.
Religion
Greece--Religion.
Greece.
Griechenland
Electronic books.
Electronic book.
BL790 / .P37 2011eb
292.08
On Greek religion / Robert Parker. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xv, 309 pages) : illustrations. - Townsend lectures/Cornell studies in classical philology ; v. 60 . - Cornell studies in classical philology. Townsend lectures ; v. 60. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why believe without revelation? : the evidences of Greek religion -- Religion without a church : religious authority in Greece -- Analyzing Greek gods -- The power and nature of heroes -- Killing, dining, communicating -- The experience of festivals -- The varieties of Greek religious experience.
Robert Parker offers a provocative and wide-ranging entrance into the world of ancient Greek religion, focusing especially on the interpretive challenge of studying a religious system that in many ways remains desperately alien from the vantage point of the twenty-first century. --from publisher description.
9780801461750 0801461758
ebr10467984
22573/ctt4swd5 JSTOR
2010040747
HISTORY--Ancient--Greece.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Spirituality--Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION--Antiquities & Archaeology.
Religion.
Religion
Greece--Religion.
Greece.
Griechenland
Electronic books.
Electronic book.
BL790 / .P37 2011eb
292.08
