{"product_id":"greek-religion-isbn-9780631156246","title":"Greek Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGreek Religion\u003c\/i\u003e . . . already has the standing of a classic, and the publication of an English version, which incorporates new material and is in effect a second edition, demands a toast . . . Anyone who pretends to survey Greek religion must be phenomenally learned. Burkert is. His book is a marvel of professional scholarship.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book has established itself as a masterpiece, packed with learning but also rich in ideas and connections of every sort. Its appearance in a good English translation is an event not only for Hellenists but for all those interested in the study of religion . . . nobody else could have produced an account of the subject of comparable range and power. This will be the best history of Greek religion for this generation.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCover illustration: detail from an Attic vase, 450 B.C., showing a victory sacrifice (The Mansell Collection).  Introduction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Survey of Scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Scope of the Study.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Prehistory and the Minoan-Mycenaean Age.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Indo-European.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Minoan-Mycenaean Religion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Dark Ages and the Problem of Continuity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Ritual and Sanctuary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. ‘Working Sacred Things: Animal Sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Gift Offerings and Libation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Purification.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Sanctuary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Priests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Ecstasy and Divination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Gods.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Spell of Homer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Individual Gods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. The Remainder of the Pantheon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. The Special Character of Greek Anthropomorphism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Dead, Heroes, and Chthonic Gods.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Burial and the Cult of the Dead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Afterlife Mythology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Olympian and Chthonic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. The Heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Figures Who Cross the Chthonic-Olympian Boundary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Polis and Polytheism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Thought Patterns in Greek Polytheism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. The Rhythm of the Festivals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Social Functions of Cult.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Piety in the Mirror of Greek Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Mysteries and Asceticism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Mystery Sanctuaries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Bacchica and Orphica.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Bios.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Philosophical Religion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. The New Foundation: Being and the Divine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. The Crisis: Sophists and Atheists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. The Deliverance: Cosmic Religion and Metaphysics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Philosophical Religion and Polis Religion: Plato's Laws.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Greek Words.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"A powerful synthesis from the greatest living authority on the subject, but for all its depth and detail, it is never less than lucid and the text is constantly enlivened with vivid asides and illuminating analogies.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The leading continental scholar ... his \u003ci\u003eGreek Religion\u003c\/i\u003e... already has the standing of a classic.\" \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A masterpiece, packed with learning but also rich in ideas and connections of every sort ... nobody else could have produced an account of the subject of comparable range and power. This will be the best history of Greek religion for this generation.\" \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWalter Burkert was a German scholar of Greek mythology and cult. A professor of classics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, he taught in the UK and the US. John Raffan is the author of Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical, published by Wiley.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGreek Religion\u003c\/i\u003e . . . already has the standing of a classic, and the publication of an English version, which incorporates new material and is in effect a second edition, demands a toast . . . Anyone who pretends to survey Greek religion must be phenomenally learned. Burkert is. His book is a marvel of professional scholarship.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book has established itself as a masterpiece, packed with learning but also rich in ideas and connections of every sort. Its appearance in a good English translation is an event not only for Hellenists but for all those interested in the study of religion . . . nobody else could have produced an account of the subject of comparable range and power. This will be the best history of Greek religion for this generation.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCover illustration: detail from an Attic vase, 450 B.C., showing a victory sacrifice (The Mansell Collection).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989310652645,"sku":"NP9780631156246","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631156246.jpg?v=1761783619","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/greek-religion-isbn-9780631156246","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}