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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

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A Companion to Greek Religion covers all aspects of religion in the ancient Greek world from the archaic, through the classical, and into the hellenistic period. Each of the volume's 27 essays is written by an international expert and provides a survey of a particular area that reflects contemporary scholarship. All the contributions place an emphasis on religious life as it was experienced by Greek men and women at different times and in different places. Myth is considered alongside religion throughout.

The Companion opens with a review of the Near Eastern background to Greek religion. There follow major sections on the divine powers, communication with the divine, sacred space and time, local religious systems, social organisation and the family in religion, and mystery cults and magic. Further chapters consider the interaction between religion and art, literature, and philosophy. A closing chapter looks at the treatment of Greek religious themes in the cinema.

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Title A Companion to Greek Religion
Author Daniel Ogden (Editor)
Binding Hardcover
Edition Illustrated.
Pages 522
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, MA
Date 2007-03-12
Illustrated Yes
ISBN 9781405120548 / 1405120541
Weight 2.35 lbs (1.07 kg)
Dimensions 9.62 x 7.12 x 1.77 in (24.43 x 18.08 x 4.50 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
Library of Congress subjects Greece - Religion
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006025008
Dewey Decimal Code 292.08

About the author

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).

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Blackwell Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1405120541 . Slight wear and bumping to boards and jacket. Solid binding and clean text. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 497 pages .