The Origins of Greek Religion

by Bernard C. Dietrich

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110039825
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	11/01/1974
Edition description:	Reprint 2016
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Bernard C. Dietrich was Professor of Greek in the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter — Contents — Preface — Abbreviations — I. Beginnings in the East — II. Some Older Traditions in Minoan Crete — III. A Mycenaean Goddess of Nature — IV. The Problem of Continuity in the Dark Age — Appendix I: Minoan Peak Cults in Cretan Thought — Appendix II: Apollo at Delphi — Appendix III: Greek Mythology on the Mycenaean Age — Bibliography — Indices — Backmatter