Parker, Robert, 1950-

On Greek religion / Robert Parker. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011. - xv, 309 p. : ill. : 24 cm. - Cornell studies in classical philology ; v. 60 Townsend lectures/Cornell studies in classical philology . - Cornell studies in classical philology ; v. 60. Cornell studies in classical philology. Townsend lectures. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-298) and index.

Why believe without revelation? : the evidences of Greek religion -- Religion without a church : religious authority in Greece -- Analyzing Greek gods -- The power and nature of heroes -- Killing, dining, communicating -- The experience of festivals -- The varieties of Greek religious experience.

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Greece--Religion.

BL790 / .P37 2011

292.08