ISBN-13: 9780313224669 / Angielski / Twarda / 1980 / 316 str.
ISBN-13: 9780313224669 / Angielski / Twarda / 1980 / 316 str.
This book provides an account of Greek national religion and its decay. The following subjects are covered: Minoan-Mycenaean religion and its survival in Greek religion; Origins of Greek mythology; Primitive belief and ritual; Gods of nature and of human life; The Homeric anthropomorphism and rationalism; Legalism and mysticism; The civic religion; The religion of the cultured classes and the religion of the peasants.