The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion

The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion
ISBN-10
0199642036
ISBN-13
9780199642038
Category
History
Pages
736
Language
English
Published
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Authors
Julia Kindt, Esther Eidinow

Description

This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of scholarship in ancient Greek religion, from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods. The handbook lays out the key dimensions of ancient Greek religion, approaches to evidence, and the representations of myths. The chapters reveal to readers the questions about, and the continuities and differences between, religious structures across time and place; including cultural interactions with Egypt, the Near East, theBlack Sea, and Bactria and India.

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