Cults and Rites in Ancient Greece by Michael H. Jameson, Alla... - 9780521661294

Cults and Rites in Ancient GreeceEssays on Religion and Society\nAuthor(s): Michael H. Jameson, Allaire B. Stallsmith, Paul Cartledge, Fritz Graf\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521661294, 978-0521661294\nSynopsis\nThis volume assembles fourteen highly influential articles written by Michael H. Jameson over a period of nearly fifty years, edited and updated by the author himself. They represent both the scope and the signature style of Jameson's engagement with the subject of ancient Greek religion. The collection complements the original publications in two ways: firstly, it makes the articles more accessible; and secondly, the volume offers readers a unique opportunity to observe that over almost five decades of scholarship Jameson developed a distinctive method, a signature style, a particular perspective, a way of looking that could perhaps be fittingly called a 'Jamesonian approach' to th.