A companion to Greek religion / edited by Daniel Ogden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ogden, Daniel.

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--Religion.

Greece.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 497 pages) : illustrations, maps.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Greek religion and the ancient Near East / Scott B. Noegel

Olympian gods, Olympian pantheon / Ken Dowden

A land full of gods : nature deities in Greek religion / Jennifer Larson

Personification in Greek religious thought and practice / Emma Stafford

The dead / D. Felton

Heroes and hero-cults / Gunnel Ekroth

Prayers and hymns / William D. Furley

Greek normative animal sacrifice / Jan N. Bremmer

Divination / Pierre Bonnechere

A day in the life of a Greek sanctuary / Beate Dignas

Purity and pollution / Andreas Bendlin

Festivals / Scott Scullion

Time and Greek religion / James Davidson

"Famous Athens, divine polis" : the religious system at Athens / Susan Deacy

The religious system at Sparta / Nicolas Richer

The religious system at Alexandria / Françoise Dunand

The religious system in Arcadia / Madeleine Jost

Religion and society in classical Greece / Charles W. Hedrick, Jr.

Women, religion, and the home / Janett Morgan

"Something to do with Aphrodite" : Ta Aphrodisia and the sacred / Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge

Finding Dionysus / Susan Guettel Cole

The mysteries of Demeter and Kore / Kevin Clinton

Magic in classical and Hellenistic Greece / Matthew W. Dickie

Greek religion and literature / Thomas Harrison

Greek religion and philosophy : the god of the philosopher / Fritz-Gregor Herrmann

Greek religion and art / T.H. Carpenter

Gods of the silver screen : cinematic representations of myth and divinity / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [439]-476) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Companion to Greek religion.

ISBN:

9781405182164

1405182164

9781405120548

1405120541

Publisher Number:

99960261518

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.