Introduction 1. Personal Needs in This Life and after Death 2. Organization and Identities 3. Theologia and Mysteries: Myth, Allegory, and Platonism 4. The Extraordinary Experience Abbreviations Bibliography Notes Index of Greek Terms General Index
Walter Burkert was Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Zurich.
Walter Burkert’s publication of his 1982 Jackson Lectures at
Harvard University is another of his important contributions to our
understanding of the religions of Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern
cultures. Everything from his pen is welcome and an education… His
knowledge of the sources is encyclopedic, his judgment in combining
them original, illuminating, and persuasive… This study is bound to
become a standard text in the history of religion and in the
interpretation of individual experiences in antiquity… This slender
but packed volume is another powerful document in intellectual
history.
*American Historical Review*
The standard book on the subject, encyclopedic in nature, well
structured, and readable, all that the interested student and
scholar wants to know about ancient Greek polytheism.
*Classical World*
Widely recognized as our best scholar of ancient Greek
religion…Burkert deals with the evidence directly, clearing away
misconceptions and discussing problems of interpretation… Extremely
valuable.
*The Key Reporter*
Fascinating… The writing is clear and engaging… [Readers will]
learn much about how ancient human beings attempted to find
security and joy in a difficult world. They will be able to enter,
at least partially, into very different minds and glimpse
experiences of ecstasy and wonder that took place many centuries
ago.
*Wilson Library Bulletin*
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