The Strangeness of Gods: Historical Perspectives on the Interpretation of Athenian Religion
Author:   S.C. Humphreys (, University Professor at Central European University, Budapest)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199269235


Pages:   360
Publication Date:   30 September 2004
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   S.C. Humphreys (, University Professor at Central European University, Budapest)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.40cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.40cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780199269235


ISBN 10:   0199269238
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   30 September 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: Classics and Colonialism 2: Dynamics of the Greek Breakthrough 3: Lycurgus of Boutadai: An Athenian Aristocrat 4: A Sense of Agency: Religion in the Attic Demes 5: Historicizing Fertility 6: Metamorphoses of Tradition: The Athenian Anthesteria

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...it coheres as an extraordinary and powerful interllectual project [and] could hardly be bettered. Thomas Harrison, Journal of Hellenic Studies 126, Reviews of Books In the course of the book a great deal of extremely detailed excavation goes on, both of Athenian practices and of the history of scholarship. Robin Osborne, The Classical Review


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S. C. Humphreys is Professor of Classics and Anthropology at the Central European University, Budapest.

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