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9780199577835

Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780199577835

  • ISBN10:

    0199577838

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-07-22
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

Jon D. Mikalson examines how Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and other Greek philosophers described, interpreted, criticized, and utilized the components and concepts of the religion of the people of their time - practices such as sacrifice, prayer, dedicatio

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Jon D. Mikalson is W. R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia.

Table of Contents

Abbreviationsp. x
Introductionp. 1
'Service to the Gods'p. 29
Prayer, Sacrifice, Festivals, Dedications, and Priests in 'Service to the Gods'p. 43
Divination and Its Range of Influencep. 110
'Proper Respect for the Gods' and 'Religious Correctness'p. 140
'Religious Correctness' and Justicep. 187
Philosophers and the Benevolence of the Greek Godsp. 208
Appendix: Polling the Greeks and Their Philosophersp. 242
Referencesp. 252
Index of passages citedp. 263
General indexp. 284
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