The cults of the Greek states
Lewis Richard Farnell (Author)
Published in five volumes between 1896 and 1909, this book separates Greek religious practice from its corresponding mythology. Focusing on the most popular gods, Farnell describes their cults, monuments and ideal types.
Print Book, English, 2010
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010
5 vol. ; 22 cm
9781108015486, 9781108015431, 9781108015448, 9781108015455, 9781108015462, 9781108015479, 1108015484, 1108015433, 1108015441, 110801545X, 1108015468, 1108015476
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Volume 1: Preface; Introduction; 1. The Aniconic age; 2. The Iconic age; 3. Cronos; 4. Zeus; 5. The cult-monuments of Zeus; 6. The ideal type of Zeus, the statue of Zeus Olympus; 7. Hera; 8. The cult-monuments of Hera; 9. Ideal types of Hera; 10. Athena; 11. Monuments of Athena-worship; 12. Ideal types of Athena; Appendices. Volume 2: 13. Artemis; 14. Artemis, Upis, Nemesis; 15. Adrasteia; 16. Hekate; 17. Monuments of the cult of Artemis; 18. Ideal types of Artemis; 19. Hekate: representations in art; 20. Eileithyia; 21. Aphrodite-worship; 22. Monuments of Aphrodite; 23. Ideal types of Aphrodite. Volume 3: 1. Ge; 2. Demeter and Kore-Persephone; 3. Cult-monuments of Demeter-Kore; 4. Ideal types of Demeter-Kore; 5. Cults of Hades-Plouton; 6. Cults of the Mother of the Gods and Rhea-Cybele. Volume 4: 1. Cult of Poseidon; 2. Monuments of Poseiden-cult; 3. The ideal of Poseidon; 4. Apollo-cults; 5. Apolline ritual; 6. Monuments of the cult of Apollo; 7. Ideal types of Apollo. Volume 5: 1. Cults of Hermes; 2. Cult-monuments of Hermes; 3. The ideal of Hermes; 4. Cults of Dionysos; 5. Dionysiac ritual; 6. Cult-monuments of Dionysos; 7. Ideal Dionysiac types; 8. Cults of Hestia; 9. Cults of Hephaistos; 10. Cults of Ares; 11. Minor cults; Index.
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Fac-sim. de l'éd. de, Oxford, the Clarendon press, 1896-1909