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MIKALSON, J.D., - Ancient Greek Religion.
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| Schrijver: | MIKALSON, J.D., |
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| Titel: | Ancient Greek Religion. |
| ISBN: | 9780631232230 |
| Uitgever: | Blackwell Publishing, Malden / Oxford / Carlton, 2005 |
| Bijzonderheid: | XIV,225p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Paperback. Nice copy. |
| Prijs: |
€ 17,50
€ 4,50
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| Meer info | 'Mikalson's Ancient Greek Religion belongs to the growing bibliography of general or introductory volumes on Greek religion, focusing, as most do, on the classical period and the Athenian world. Within this genre, the current title competes with Bremmer's Greek Religion (1994), as an introductory tome aimed at students. (...) Chapter one gives an overview of ancient Greek worship, based on the description of a sanctuary. M. warns that this section is going to be simplistic, and indeed he creates an imaginary, 'typical' Greek sanctuary (based loosely on that at Sounion in Attica). (...) The second chapter, 'Greek gods, heroes and polytheism', in contrast to the archaeological basis of the first, relies in large part on literary sources and is illustrated by a number of citations. (...) Again some of the information in this section is by necessity rather simplistic, but M. does not shy away from discussion of the thorny problem of 'ouranic' and 'chthonic' deities, observing that some deities are worshipped in different contexts with both forms, sometimes even using 'chthonic' as an epithet. (...) The third section, 'Seven Greek cult myths', offers good but very brief summaries of a handful of myths, illustrating and discussing the significance of such aetiological stories on cult practice. The chapter after this goes into more detail, discussing 'Five major Greek cults' which all have exceptional features and as a group do an excellent job of countering the illusion of uniformity which may have been built up so far. (...) Chapter five, 'Religion in the Greek family and village', tells more of the family than of the village, being separated into sections on the religious roles and lives of the father, mother, daughter, son, and slave respectively. These sections do a good job of highlighting the important role of religion at all stages of life, times of passage, and social occasions. Chapter six, 'Religion of the Greek city-state', does not really focus on polis religion in the sense that it is usually discussed, but rather emphasises the fact that the concerns of Greek religion and prayer - namely war, trade, politics and the like - are both private and public concerns. (...) The final chapter, 'Greek religion in the Hellenistic period', feels a little 'tacked-on' to this introductory volume.(...) The current volume is clearly meant for an audience of beginners.' (GABRIEL BODARD in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.04.33). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. |
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