The Cults of the Greek States
Volume 1
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- Author: Lewis Richard Farnell
- Date Published: July 2010
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108015431
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Lewis Richard Farnell's five-volume The Cults of the Greek States, first published between 1896 and 1909, disentangles classical Greek mythology and religion, since the latter had often been overlooked by nineteenth-century English scholars. Farnell describes the cults of the most significant Greek gods in order to establish their zones of influence, and outlines the personality, monuments, and ideal types associated with each deity. He also resolutely avoids the question of divine origins and focuses instead on the culture surrounding each cult, a position which initially drew some criticism, but which allowed him more space to analyse the religious practices themselves. Written to facilitate a comparative approach to Greek gods, his work is still regularly cited today for its impressive collection of data about the worship of the most popular deities. Volume 1 covers the Aniconic age, the Iconic age, and the cults of Cronos, Zeus, Hera and Athena.
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- Date Published: July 2010
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108015431
- length: 504 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 28 mm
- weight: 0.64kg
- contains: 28 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. The Aniconic age
2. The Iconic age
3. Cronos
4. Zeus
5. The cult-monuments of Zeus
6. The ideal type of Zeus, the statue of Zeus Olympus
7. Hera
8. The cult-monuments of Hera
9. Ideal types of Hera
10. Athena
11. Monuments of Athena-worship
12. Ideal types of Athena
Appendices.
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