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The Oxford handbook of ancient Greek religion / edited by Esther Eidinow and Julia Kindt.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford handbooks in classical studies.
- Oxford handbooks online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greece--Religion.
- Greece.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
- Other Title:
- Handbook of ancient Greek religion
- Ancient Greek religion
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Esther Eidinow, Julia Kindt
- Unity vs. Diversity / Robin Osborne
- Belief vs. Practice / Tom Harrison
- Old vs. New / Emily Kearns
- Many vs. One / Vinciane Pirenne Delforge, Gabriella Pironti
- Visual Evidence / Milette Gaifman
- Literary Evidence-Prose / Hannah Willey
- Literary Evidence-Poetry / Renaud Gagne
- Epigraphic Evidence / Claire Taylor
- Material Evidence / Caitlín Eilís Barrett
- Papyrology / David G. Martinez
- Epic / Richard Martin
- Art and Imagery / Tanja Scheer
- Drama / Claude Calame
- History / Robert Fowler
- Philosophy / Rick Benitez, Harold Tarrant
- Temples and Sanctuaries / Mike Scott
- Households, Families, and Women / Matthew P. J. Dillon
- Religion in Communities / Kostas Vlassopoulos
- Regional Religious Groups, Amphictionies, and Other Leagues / Christy Constantakopoulou
- Religious Expertise / Mike Flower
- New Gods / Ralph Anderson
- Impiety / Hugh Bowden
- 'Sacred Law' / Andrej Petrovic
- Gods-Olympian or Chthonic / Susan Deacy
- Gods-Origins / Carolina Lopez-Ruiz
- Heroes-Living or Dead? / Gunnel Ekroth
- Dead or Alive? / Emanuel Voutiras
- Daimonic Power / Giulia Sfameni Gasparro
- Deification-Gods or Men? / Ivana Petrovic
- Prayer and Curse / Henk Versnel
- Sacrifice / Fred Naiden
- Oracles and Divination / Sarah Iles Johnston
- Epiphany / Verity Platt
- Healing / Fritz Graf
- From Birth to Death: Life-change Rituals / Sarah Hitch
- Ritual Cycles: Calendars and Festivals / Jan-Mathieu Carbon
- Imagining the Afterlife / Radcliffe Edmonds
- Magna Graecia / Gillian Shepherd
- The Northern Black Sea: The Case of the Bosporan Kingdom / Maya Muratov
- The Ancient Near East / Jan N. Bremmer
- Greco-Egyptian Religion / Kathrin Kleibl
- Bactria and India / Rachel Mairs
- China and Greece: Comparisons and Insights / Lisa Raphals.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2015.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 2, 2016).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191756719
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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