Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual write by Walter Burkert. This book was released on 1982-11-08. Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Tantalizingly rich . . . this is a splendid book."--Greece and Rome "Burken relegates his learned documentation to the notes and writes in a lively and fluent style. The book is recommended as a major contribution to the interpretation of ancient Greek myth and ritual. The breadth alone of Burkert's learning renders his book indispensable."--Classical Outlook "Impressive. . . founded on a striking knowledge of the complex evidence (literary, epigraphical, archaeological, comparative) for this extensive subject. Burkert offers a rare combination of exact scholarship with imagination and even humor. A brilliant book, in which . . .the reader can see at every point what is going on in the author's mind--and that is never uninteresting, and rarely unimportant."--Times Literary Supplement "Burkert's work is of such magnitude and depth that it may even contribute to that most difficult of tasks, defining myth, ritual, and religion. . [He] locates his work in the context of culture and the historv of ideas, and he is not hesitant to draw on sociology and biology. Consequently his work is of significance for philosophers, historians, and even theologians, as well as for classicists and historians of Greek culture. His hypotheses are courageous and his conclusions are bold; both establish standards for methodology as well as results. "--Religious Studies Review
Greek Religion
Greek Religion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Greek Religion write by Walter Burkert. This book was released on 1985. Greek Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A survey of the religious beliefs of ancient Greece covers sacrifices, libations, purification, gods, heroes, the priesthood, oracles, festivals, and the afterlife.
Greek Religion
Greek Religion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Greek Religion write by Walter Burkert. This book was released on 2013-06-06. Greek Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Greek Religion . . . 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." London Review of Books "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." New York Review of Books Cover illustration: detail from an Attic vase, 450 B.C., showing a victory sacrifice (The Mansell Collection).
Homo Necans
Homo Necans - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Homo Necans write by Walter Burkert. This book was released on 1983. Homo Necans available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A milestone, not only in the field of classics but in the wider field of the history of religion. . . . It will find a place alongside the works of Jane Ellen Harrison, Sir James George Frazer, Claude Levi-Strauss, and van Gennep."—Wendy Flaherty, Divinity School, University of Chicago "This book is a professional classic, an absolute must for any serious student of Greek religion."—Albert Henrichs, Harvard University
Myth, Ritual, Memory, and Exchange
Myth, Ritual, Memory, and Exchange - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Myth, Ritual, Memory, and Exchange write by John Gould. This book was released on 2003. Myth, Ritual, Memory, and Exchange available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How did Greek literature and culture interact? John Gould was one of the greatest writers on Greek civilisation of his generation. The most significant of his many essays, including several previously unpublished, are revised and gathered here.
