ISBN:
9780191058073
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (737 pages)
Series Statement:
Oxford Handbooks Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
398.20938
Keywords:
Greece-Religion
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This handbook offers both students and teachers of ancient Greek religion a comprehensive overview of the current state of scholarship in the subject, from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period.
Abstract:
Cover -- The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I What Is Ancient Greek Religion? -- 1 Unity vs. Diversity -- 2 Belief vs. Practice -- 3 Old vs. New -- 4 Many vs. One -- Part II Types of Evidence -- 5 Visual Evidence -- 6 Literary Evidence-Prose -- 7 Literary Evidence-Poetry -- 8 Epigraphic Evidence -- 9 Material Evidence -- 10 Papyrology -- Part III Myths? Contexts and Representations -- 11 Epic -- 12 Art and Imagery -- 13 Drama -- 14 History -- 15 Philosophy -- Part IV Where? -- 16 Temples and Sanctuaries -- 17 Households, Families, and Women -- 18 Religion in Communities -- 19 Regional Religious Groups, Amphictionies, and Other Leagues -- Part V How? -- 20 Religious Expertise -- 21 New Gods -- 22 Impiety -- 23 'Sacred Law' -- Part VI Who? -- 24 Gods-Olympian or Chthonian? -- 25 Gods-Origins -- 26 Heroes-Living or Dead? -- 27 Dead or Alive? -- 28 Daimonic Power -- 29 Deification-Gods or Men? -- Part VII What? -- 30 Prayer and Curse -- 31 Sacrifice -- 32 Oracles and Divination -- 33 Epiphany -- 34 Healing -- Part VIII When? -- 35 From Birth to Death: Life-Change Rituals -- 36 Ritual Cycles: Calendars and Festivals -- 37 Imagining the Afterlife -- Part IX Beyond? -- 38 Magna Graecia (South Italy and Sicily) -- 39 The Northern Black Sea: The Case of the Bosporan Kingdom -- 40 The Ancient Near East -- 41 Greco-Egyptian Religion -- 42 Bactria and India -- 43 China and Greece: Comparisons and Insights -- General Index -- Index of Passages.
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