Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion: Death and Reciprocity

ISBN-13: 9781032336886 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 200 str.

Ellie Mackin Roberts

Opis

This volume presents a case for how and why people in archaic and classical Greece worshipped Underworld gods. Mackin Roberts challenges the view that these gods are manevolent and shows that Underworld gods are, in many cases, approached and ‘befriended’ in the same way as any other kind of god.

Spis treści

Thanks  Preface  A note about periodisation  1: The Religious Landscape of Archaic and Classical Greece  2: Landscapes of the Underworld  3: Hades As God and Place  4: Death and Plenty: Agriculture and the Underworld in Mythology  5: Rites-of-Passage and Metaphorical Death  6: Personal Interactions with Underworld Gods  7: The Dead – Belief and Reality Afterword: Hekate, The Missing Figure  Appendix 1: Underworld Gods on Curse Tablets  Appendix 2: Underworld-Related Cults of Demeter  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Ellie Mackin Roberts is a Research Associate at the Institute of Classical Studies (School of Advanced Studies, University of London). Her PhD was awarded from King’s College London, and she has also previously taught at the University of Leicester and Royal Holloway, University of London.