Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Nilsson, Martin P.

History of Greek religion A History of Greek religion Martin P. Nilsson - New York Clarendon Press 1949 - 316 p.

Contents:
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
Notes and Corrections
Index

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; Gods of nature and of human life; The civic religion; The religion of the cultured classes and the religion of the peasants.

--History--Greek Religion
Mythology--Greek
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