A Companion to Greek Religion

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4443-3417-3
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 520 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 887 g

Reihe: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World

This major addition to Blackwell's Companions to the Ancient World series covers all aspects of religion in the ancient Greek world from the archaic, through the classical and into the Hellenistic period.
* Written by a panel of international experts
* Focuses on religious life as it was experienced by Greek men and women at different times and in different places
* Features major sections on local religious systems, sacred spaces and ritual, and the divine

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ogden, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Kult, Riten, Feiertage, Zeremonien, Gebete
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Leben & Brauch, Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures.

Notes on Contributors.

Acknowledgements.

Notes on Authors and Translations.

Abbreviations.

Ancient Author Fragment Series.

Introduction (Daniel Ogden, University of Exeter).

Part I: In the Background.

Part II: The Powers: The Gods and the Dead.

Part III: Communicating with the Divine.

Part IV: From Sacred Space to Sacred Time.

Part V: Local Religious Systems.

Part VI: Social Organization, the Family and Sex.

Part VII: Mysteries and Magic.

Part VIII: Intersections: Greek Religion and.

Part IX: Epilogue.

Über Autor(innen)

Ogden, Daniel
Daniel Ogden is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Exeter. He is author of Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds (2002), Greek and Roman Necromancy (2001), and Greek Bastardy (1996), and editor of The Hellenistic World: New Perspectives (2002).

Daniel Ogden is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Exeter. He is author of Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds (2002), Greek and Roman Necromancy (2001), and Greek Bastardy (1996), and editor of The Hellenistic World: New Perspectives (2002).