Longmans, Green and Company, 1931. — 257 p. Only those cults or phases of cults have been mentioned of which there seem to be survivals, and in the case of those mentioned only enough has been said to clarify the background of the survival. The order of presentation is only roughly chronological. The survivals of indigenous cults are given first, and these are followed by a...
Williams & Norgate, 1905. — 234 p. "An Anthropological Study," begins with a discussion of the discipline of comparative religion, then focuses specifically on rituals of purification, and, finally, on the evolution of prayer. The author's aim throughout, as he puts it in his preface, is "to cool and temper the heated atmosphere of dogmatic controversy by presenting religious...
Routledge, 2000. — 194 p. This innovative volume draws on recent research in archaeology, ancient history and the history of medicine to discuss how people in the ancient world understood and dealt with illness and death in the urban environment.
Clarendon Press, 1933. — 246 p. Stanley Casson is a Historian of modern sculpture and ancient Greece; studied effect of technique upon style in Greek art.
Psychology Press, 1996. — 192 p. The contributors explore the reasons for the existence of so many goddesses in the mythology of patriarchal societies and show that goddesses have also assumed more masculine roles, with war, hunting and sovereignty being equally important aspects of their cults. Bringing together experts from a range of backgrounds, this volume explores the...
University of California Press, 2004. — 292 p. The division of land and consolidation of territory that created the Greek polis also divided sacred from productive space, sharpened distinctions between purity and pollution, and created a ritual system premised on gender difference. Regional sanctuaries ameliorated competition between city-states, publicized the results of...
Cambridge University Press, 2009. — 216 p. Hesiod’s Cosmos offers a comprehensive interpretation of both the Theogony and the Works and Days and demonstrates how the two Hesiodic poems must be read together as two halves of an integrated whole embracing both the divine and the human cosmos. After first offering a survey of the structure of both poems, Professor Clay reveals...
Трето електронно издание. — София, 2006. — 202 с. Мит и литература“ е предназначена за преподавателите по литература, студентите и културните читатели, които проявяват интерес към старогръцката литература и се питат за исторически завършилото и за продължаващото да живее в нея. Особеното е, че за старогръцката литература в тази книга се мисли през призмата на определени...
Routledge, 2003. — 260 p. Architecture is a powerful medium for representing, ordering and classifying the world, and understanding the use of space is fundamental to archaeological inquiry. Architecture and Order draws on the work of archaeologists, social theorists and architects to explore the way in which people relate to the architecture which surrounds them. In many...
Routledge, 2012. — 446 p. Human social life is constrained and defined by our cognitive and emotional dispositions, which are the legacy of our foraging ancestors. But how difficult is it to reconstruct the social systems and cultural traditions of those ancestors? The Archaeology of Human Ancestry provides a stimulating and provocative answer, in which archaeologists and...
A coursebook. — The Teaching Company, 1998. — 52 p. Greece and the Western World. Minoan Crete. Schliemann and Mycenae. The Long Twilight. The Age of Heroes. From Sicily to SyriaThe Growth of Trade and Colonization. Delphi and Olympia. The Spartans. Revolution. Tyranny. The Origins of Democracy. Beyond GreeceThe Persian Empire. The Persian Wars. The Athenian Empire. The Art of...
Concord Publications Company, 2000. — 48 p. The book includes a full commentary and 20 color plates with detailed explanations of the events depicted. There is a special section on the helmets worn by the ancient warriors. This series focuses on the soldiers and warriors of specific historic conflicts. The in-depth text and illustrations will not fail to inspire modelers,...
Boston: Ginn and Company, 1900. — 451 p. This is a good, detailed, comprehensive, reference. Holds good in all languages is shown by the careful way in which accentuation is marked in modern English Dictionaries.
Chicago: Open Court, 1907. — 113 p. In every early religion there will of course be found, apart from external influence, traces of its own internal development, of stages by which it must have advanced from a mass of vague and primitive belief and custom to the organised worship of a civilised community. The religion of Rome is no exception to this rule; we can detect in its...