The Greek Worship of the Gods.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nietzsche, Friedrich.

Contributor:

Murray

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nietzsche, Friedrich, 1844-1900.

Religion and culture.

Greece.

Local Subjects:

Nietzsche, Friedrich, 1844-1900.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2025.

Summary:

Nietzsche's lectures notes entitled On the Greek Worship of the Gods contain a detailed treatment of Greek religious life including classical studies, architectural descriptions and theological discussions.In addition, the notes form the basis of Nietzsche's later published writings on the Greeks including many direct quotes from the notes.

Contents:

Intro

The Greek Worship of the Gods

Table of Contents

Abbreviations

Nietzsche's Works Cited

Abbreviations for Individual Works

Other Abbreviations

Scholarly Apparatus

Symbols

Original German Text and Manuscript Page Numbers Embedded in Text

Editors' Introduction

Nature and Place of the Text

Summary of Contributions

Notes on Translation

Bibliography

Nietzsche

Other Sources

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6 Thracian elements

7 Graeco-Italic elements

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9 Elements fromage-old indigenous peoples at a lower stage

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I Sites and objects of the cult

1 Types of temple according to their purpose

2 Different degrees of sanctity of sitesand possessions

3 The development of images of the gods

4 Cult apparatus in the sanctuary

5 The graves

6 The sacred ways

II Priests, exegetes and related

1 The priests

2 The exegetes

3 The manteis

4 The oracle singers: χρησμολόγοι

5 The oracle sites and the unification of priesthood and mantics

6 Religious associationsoflay people

III Section: cult rites

1 Purification, κάθαρσις, lustratio (suffimentum, expiatio, purgatio)

2 Wreathsand related

3 The sacrifices

Commentary and Discussion on Nietzsche and Ancient Greek Worship

1 Nietzsche's Turn to Ethnology

2 A Festival of Life: Ancient Greek Celebration and Dionysian Affirmation

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Worship, Celebration and the Sacred

2.3 Transformation

2.4 Conclusion: Greek-Inspired Life Affirmation

3 Nietzsche and Pantheism in Ancient Greek Religion

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Background: Pantheism in Greek Religion.

3.3 Addressing Problems of Pantheism

3.4 Unorderly Multiplicity or Uniformity?

3.5 Two Neighbouring Theisms

3.5.1 Monotheism

3.5.2 Henotheism

3.6 Pantheistic Traits in Greek Religion

3.7 Epilogue: Nietzsche's New Pantheism?

Primary Sources

4 The Lazy Professor Friedrich Nietzsche and HisLectures on Greek Religion

Appendix: Discrepancies Between Nietzsche's Handwriting and KGW II/5

General Bibliography

1 Nietzsche in German

2 Relevant Works by Nietzsche in English

3 Classical Sources

4 Nietzsche's Modern Secondary Sources and Other Works Referenced in GWG

5 Relevant Modern Classical Studies and Sources

6 Relevant Secondary Literature on Nietzsche

Contributors

Index of Names - GWG.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-11-077366-X

OCLC:

1528631317