Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
642
Language
English
Published
Feb 16, 2006
Publisher
Wipf & Stock Pub
ISBN-10
1597524662
ISBN-13
9781597524667
Description
Psyche (1890-94) remains a standard reference work for Greek cult practices & beliefs related to the soul.
Prefaces & Notes
1. Beliefs About the Soul & Cult of Souls in the Homeric Poems
2. Islands of the Blest. Translation
3. Cave Deities. Subterranean Translation
4. Heroes
5. The Cult of Souls:
- i. Cult of Chthonic Deities
- ii. Funeral Ceremonies & Worship of the Dead
- iii. Traces of the Cult of Souls in the Blood Feud & Satisfaction for Murder
6. The Eleusinian Mysteries
7. Ideas of the Future Life
8. Origins of the Belief in Immortality-The Thracian Worship of Dionysos
9. Dionysiac Religion in Greece. Its Amalgamation w/Apolline Religion. Ecstatic Prophecy. Ritual Purification & Exorcism. Asceticism
10. The Orphics
11. The Philosophers
12. The Lay Authors: Lyric Poets/Pindar/The Tragedians
Prefaces & Notes
1. Beliefs About the Soul & Cult of Souls in the Homeric Poems
2. Islands of the Blest. Translation
3. Cave Deities. Subterranean Translation
4. Heroes
5. The Cult of Souls:
- i. Cult of Chthonic Deities
- ii. Funeral Ceremonies & Worship of the Dead
- iii. Traces of the Cult of Souls in the Blood Feud & Satisfaction for Murder
6. The Eleusinian Mysteries
7. Ideas of the Future Life
8. Origins of the Belief in Immortality-The Thracian Worship of Dionysos
9. Dionysiac Religion in Greece. Its Amalgamation w/Apolline Religion. Ecstatic Prophecy. Ritual Purification & Exorcism. Asceticism
10. The Orphics
11. The Philosophers
12. The Lay Authors: Lyric Poets/Pindar/The Tragedians
Genres
Religion & Spirituality