The Greeks and Their Gods (gnv64) torrent

Greeks and Their Gods (Ariadne Series)
by William Guthrie
Beacon Press | 1955 | ISBN: 0807057932 | PDF | 404 pages | 42.1 mb
https://www.amazon.com/Greeks-Their-Ariadne-William-Guthrie/dp/0807057932

The primary aim of this book is to serve as a kind of religious companion to the Greek classics. It does not so much set out to interest specialists as to be useful to those who enjoy Greek literature, whether original or in translation, and have made the inevitable discovery that almost every branch of it is permeated by religion.

CONTENTS
PREFACE vii
INTRODUCTION xi
I. OUR PREDECESSORS
II. THE DIVINE FAMILY
III. A CENTRAL PROBLEM 113
IV. GODS AND MEN IN HOMER 117
V. THE CONTRIBUTION OF IONIA
VI. DIONYSOS 145
VII. ApOLLO 183
VIII. HEAVEN AND EARTH 205
IX. THE CHTHONIOI
x. HOPES AND FEARS OF THE ORDINARY MAN
XI. THE ORPHICS
XII. PLATO AND ARISTOTLE
INDEX