Synopses & Reviews
This collection of essays ranges over many aspects of Greek civil life.
Synopsis
This collection of essays considers many aspects of Greek civil life and reveals how religion manifested itself in institutions, art and literature. Clarifies the more puzzling and elusive elements by tracing the attitudes that lay behind the manifold cults and customs.
Table of Contents
List of illustrations; Preface; Foreword by Sir Moses Finley; 1. On making sense of Greek religion John Gould; 2. Greek poetry and Greek religion P. E. Easterling; 3. Early Greek views about life after death N. J. Richardson; 4. Greek temples: why and where? J. N. Coldstream; 5. The Greek religious festivals Paul Cartledge; 6. Delphi and divination Simon Price; 7. Greek art and religion Martin Robertson; 8. Religion and the new education: the challenge of the Sophists J. V. Muir; Notes; Notes for further reading; Index.