Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion by Esther Eidinow, Julia... - 9781107153479

Name: Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion by Esther Eidinow, Julia... - 9781107153479
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Theologies of Ancient Greek ReligionAuthor(s): Esther Eidinow, Julia Kindt, Robin Osborne\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107153479, 978-1107153479\nSynopsis\nStudied 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 re.