Athenian Popular Religion

by Jon D. Mikalson

Book Overview

Most modern studies of Athenian religion have focused on festivals, cult practices, and individual deities. Jon Mikalson turns instead to the religious beliefs citizens of Athens spoke of and acted upon in everyday life. He uses evidence only from reliable, mostly contemporary sources such as the orators Lysias and Demosthenes, the historian Xenophon, and state decrees, sacred laws, religious dedications, and epitaphs.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807841943
• ISBN13: 9780807841945
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 8.0"