ReligionsoftheAncientGreeks(KeyThemesinAncientHistory)

ThisisabookaboutthereligiouslifeoftheGreeksfromtheeighthcenturyBCtothefifthcenturyAD,lookedatinthecontextofavarietyofdifferentcitiesandperiods.SimonPricedoesnotdescribesomeabstractandself-containedsystemofreligionormythsbutexamineslocalpracticesandideasinthelightofgeneralGreekideas,relatingthemforexample,togenderrolesandtoculturalandpoliticallife(includingAttictragedyandthetrialofSocrates).HealsolaysemphasisonthereactionstoGreekreligionsofancientthinkers-Greek,Roman,JewishandChristian.Theevidencedrawnonisofallkinds:literarytexts,whicharetranslatedthroughout;inscriptions,includinganappendixofnewlytranslatedGreekinscriptions;andarchaeology,whichishighlightedinthenumerousillustrations.