Theologies of ancient Greek religion
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Theologies of ancient Greek religion
（Cambridge classical studies）
Cambridge University Press, 2019, c2016
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-401) and index
First published 2016
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Studied for many years by scholars with Christianising assumptions, Greek religion has often been said to be quite unlike Christianity: a matter of particular actions (orthopraxy), rather than particular beliefs (orthodoxies). This volume dares to think that, both in and through religious practices and in and through religious thought and literature, the ancient Greeks engaged in a sustained conversation about the nature of the gods and how to represent and worship them. It excavates the attitudes towards the gods implicit in cult practice and analyses the beliefs about the gods embedded in such diverse texts and contexts as comedy, tragedy, rhetoric, philosophy, ancient Greek blood sacrifice, myth and other forms of storytelling. The result is a richer picture of the supernatural in ancient Greece, and a whole series of fresh questions about how views of and relations to the gods changed over time.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: what might we mean by the theologies of ancient Greek religion? Esther Eidinow, Julia Kindt, Robin Osborne and Shaul Tor
- 2. The story of theology and the theology of the story Julia Kindt
- 3. Theologies of the family in Homer and Hesiod Barbara Graziosi
- 4. Who's afraid of Cypselos? Contested theologies and dynastic dedications Renaud Gagne
- 5. Heraclitus on Apollo's language and his own: contemplating oracles and philosophical enquiry Shaul Tor
- 6. The 'theology' of the Dionysia and Old Comedy Eric Csapo
- 7. Polytheism and tragedy Simon Goldhill
- 8. Gods and men in ancient Greek conceptions of lawgiving Hannah Willey
- 9. Popular theology: the gift of divine envy Esther Eidinow
- 10. Sacrificial theologies Robin Osborne
- 11. Theologies of statues Milette Gaifman
- 12. The gods in the Athenian Assembly Gunther Martin
- 13. Plato and the secularisation of Greek theology Rick Benitez
- 14. Philosophy as religion and the meaning of 'providence' in Middle Platonism George Boys-Stones
- 15. Narratives of continuity and discontinuity Peter Van Nuffelen.
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