A History of Greek Religion

This book provides an account of Greek national religion and its decay.

The following subjects are covered:

• Minoan-Mycenaean religion and its survival in Greek religion;
• Origins of Greek mythology; Primitive belief and ritual;
• Gods of nature and of human life;
• The Homeric anthropomorphism and rationalism;
• Legalism and mysticism;
• The civic religion;
• The religion of the cultured classes and the religion of the peasants.

Author: Martin P. Nilsson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/01/1964
Pages: 324
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780393002874