18 books like Ancient Greek cults

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The Routledge handbook of Greek mythology Robin Hard · 2003 · 776p · ≈ 25h · Moderate Now in its eighth edition, this magisterial work offers a comprehensive survey of the stories of Greek myth, from the Olympian gods, through the lesser gods and deities, to the heroes, adventures, and foundation myths of the ancient Greek world. The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology sets out to provide a comprehensive history of the divine order and mythical prehistory of Greece, as… Shares: Paganism & Neo-Paganism, Antiquities & Archaeology, Body, Mythologie grecque

A Handbook of Greek Mythology H. J. Rose · 1928 · 363p · ≈ 12h · Challenging In this new and substantially revised edition of H. J. Rose's classic survey and analysis of the evolution and tradition of Greek myth, Robin Hard adds various features which bring the work up-to-date with contemporary scholarship and address the needs of students. a new preface analysing and contextualising H. J. Rose's attitude to myth a new chapter devoted to the epic and other poetic… Shares: Paganism & Neo-Paganism, Antiquities & Archaeology, Body, Mythologie grecque

Interpretations of Greek Mythology (Routledge Revivals) Jan N. Bremmer · 2013 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Interpretations of Greek Mythology, first published in1987, builds on the innovative work of Walter Burkert and the ‘Paris school’ of Jean-Pierre Vernant, and represents a renewal of interpretation of Greek mythology. The contributors to this volume present a variety of approaches to the Greek myths, all of which eschew a monolithic or exclusively structuralist hermeneutic method. Specifically,… Shares: Mythologie grecque, Greek Mythology, Mythology

The Greek gods Bernard Evslin · 1966 · ★ 4.3 · 116p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The biography of all the gods of ancient Greece. Shares: Antiquities & Archaeology, Greek Mythology, Mythology

Fairy Tale in the Ancient World Graham Anderson · 2000 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate In this, the first modern study of the ancient fairytale, Graham Anderson asks whether the familiar children's fairytale of today existed in the ancient world. He examines texts from the classical period and finds many stories which resemble those we know today, including: a Jewish Egyptian Cinderella a Snow White whose enemy is the goddess Artemis a Pied Piper at Troy. He puts forward many… Shares: Antiquities & Archaeology, Body, Mythologie grecque, Greek Mythology

L'Odyssée Όμηρος · 1933 · 146p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The Odyssey (French title: LOdyssée) is a 2016 French-Belgian biographical adventure film directed by Jérôme Salle and written by Salle and Laurent Turner, based on the non-fiction book Capitaine de La Calypso by Albert Falco and Yves Paccalet. The film stars Lambert Wilson, Pierre Niney, and Audrey Tautou. Shares: Mythologie grecque, Greek Mythology

Bibliotheca Apollodorus of Athens · 1782 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Demanding Apollodorus' Library has been an invaluable source book for early Greek myths from the time of its compilation in the first/second century BC to the present, influencing writers from the scholars of Byzantium to Robert Graves. It provides a complete history of Greek myth, telling the story of each of the families of heroic mythology and the various adventures associated with the main heroes and… Shares: Mythologie grecque, Mythologie, Greek Mythology, Mythology

Mythology Edith Hamilton · 1969 · 359p · ≈ 11h · Moderate This deluxe edition of the world's most beloved, bestselling classic on Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology is stunningly illustrated with specially commissioned full-color plates and a beautiful gold-bordered pages. Since its original publication in 1942, Edith Hamilton's Mythology has sold millions of copies throughout the world and established itself as a perennial bestseller. For nearly… Shares: Body, Greek Mythology, Religion, Mythology

The library Apollodorus of Athens · 1555 Attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born c. 180 BCE), but probably composed in the first or second century BCE, the Library provides a grand summary of Greek myths and heroic legends about the origin and early history of the world and of the Hellenic people. Shares: Mythologie grecque, Greek Mythology, Mythology

Grekiska religionens historia Nilsson, Martin P. · 1925 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares: Mythologie grecque, Greece, Greek Mythology, Religion

Psyche Erwin Rohde · 1898 · 626p · ≈ 20h · Demanding THIS book offers an account of the opinions held by the Greeks about the life of the human soul after death, and is thus intended as a contribution to the history of Greek religion. Such an undertaking has in a special measure to contend with the difficulties that face any inquiry into the religious life and thought of the Greeks. Greek religion was a natural growth, not a special foundation, and… Shares: Cults, Greece, Greek Mythology, Religion

The Homeric gods Walter Friedrich Gustav Hermann Otto · 1929 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Challenging In many respects, this book is considered to be the best guide ever written on Homeric religion. The analysis by W. F. Otto, while being very careful in terms of interpretation, denotes an open consonance of the author with the spirit - sometimes brutal and, for our mentality, immoral - of Greek polytheism. A thrilling and amazing journey to Olympus. This is a new edition of the Pantheon Books… Shares: Mythologie grecque, Greek Mythology, Religion, Mythology

Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew Josephine Preston Peabody · 1897 · 116p · ≈ 3h · Challenging "Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew" from Josephine Preston Peabody. American poet and dramatist (1874-1922). Shares: Mythologie grecque, Greek Mythology

Psyche Erwin Rohde · 1903 · 626p · ≈ 20h · Challenging THIS book offers an account of the opinions held by the Greeks about the life of the human soul after death, and is thus intended as a contribution to the history of Greek religion. Such an undertaking has in a special measure to contend with the difficulties that face any inquiry into the religious life and thought of the Greeks. Greek religion was a natural growth, not a special foundation, and… Shares: Cults, Greece, Greek Mythology, Religion

Mythe et société en Grèce ancienne Jean-Pierre Vernant · 1974 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This book is a stimulating and largely persuasive collection of essays on the interrelations between social institutions and mythical thinking in ancient Greek society. What is fundamental to the author's approach is a determination to see the meaning of Greek myth and of Greek social institutions in patterns of association and opposition, in the articulations of a system of ideas. It is in this… Shares: Greece, Greek Mythology, Mythology

Prolegomena to the study of Greek religion Jane Ellen Harrison · 1903 · ★ 5.0 · 682p · ≈ 22h · Challenging Jane Harrison examines the festivals of ancient Greek religion to identify the primitive "substratum" of ritual and its persistence in the realm of classical religious observance and literature. In Harrison's preface to this remarkable book, she writes that J.G. Frazer's work had become part and parcel of her "mental furniture" and that of others studying primitive religion. Today, those who… Shares: Cults, Greece, Greek Mythology, Religion

Introduction to mythology Lewis Spence · 1921 · 334p · ≈ 11h · Challenging What mythology is and how it has been explained - the solar theory, the ghost theory, the ritual theory - set out by a working folklorist for readers who wanted the arguments before the stories. Shares: Mythologie, Mythology

A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1800 · ★ 3.9 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Six legends of Greek mythology, retold for children by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Included are The Gorgon’s Head, The Golden Touch, The Paradise of Children, The Three Golden Apples, The Miraculous Pitcher, and The Chimaera. In 1838, Hawthorne suggested to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that they collaborate on a story for children based on the legend of the Pandora’s Box, but this never materialized. He… Shares: Mythologie grecque, Cults, Greek Mythology, Religion

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