Ancient Greek Religion
A Sourcebook
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Ancient Greek Religion: Historical Sources in Translation presents a wide range of documents relating to the religious world of the ancient Greeks from the earliest surviving literature to around the end of the fourth century BCE.
- Presents a wide range of documents relating to the religious world of the ancient Greeks, from the earliest surviving literature to around the end of the fourth century BCE
- Provides extensive background information for readers with no previous knowledge of classical studies
- Brings together new and rare passages for comparison - with occasional new interpretations - to appeal to professionals
- Offers a variety of less frequently examined material and looks at familiar texts in new ways
- Includes the use of extensive cross-referencing to indicate the interconnectedness of different aspects of religious practice and thought
- Includes the most comprehensive commentary and updated passages available in a single volume
About this Author
Emily Kearns is lecturer in Classical Languages and Literature and a Senior Research Fellow at St Hilda's College, University of Oxford. She is co-editor with Simon Price of the Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion (2003) and author of Heroes of Attica (1989).
Reviews
"To conclude, Kearns' Ancient Greek Religion: A Sourcebook will be highly valuable both to inexperienced students who can read it thoroughly, and to scholars familiar with the subject, who will consult it in a more selective way, but with equal profit." (Bmcreview, 2 November 2010)
"To conclude, Kearns' Ancient Greek Religion: A Sourcebook will be highly valuable both to inexperienced students who can read it thoroughly, and to scholars familiar with the subject, who will consult it in a more selective way, but with equal profit." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 5 November 2010)
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