Miasma: Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion

Most of the commonly read Greek texts address pollution. The pollution theme appears in tragedies, historical texts, and political oratory. Purity is a constant concern in ritual texts, and Greeks underwent many small purifications in their everyday lives. Certain archaic religious
movements even made purification the path to felicity in the afterlife. First published in 1983, Miasma is the first work in English to treat this theme in detail.


Author: Robert Parker
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 05/23/1996
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.46w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9780198147428

About the Author

Robert Parker is Fellow and Tutor in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature at Oriel College, Oxford. Dr. Parker is also the author of Athenian Religion: A History (OUP, 1996).

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