| Greek Hero Cults and Ideas of Immortality Contributor(s): Farnell, Lewis Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1432619683 ISBN-13: 9781432619688 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $51.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: 1921. The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews. Contents: General Survey of the Prehistoric Period; Heroes and Heroines of Divine or Daimoniac Origin; Sacral Heroes and Heroines; Functional Heroes and Sonder-Gotter; Origin and Diffusion of the Cult of Herakles; The Functions of Herakles; The Ritual of Herakles; The Dioskouroi; The Leukippides; The Cult of Asklepios; The Cults of Epic Heroes; The Cults of Ancestors; Cults of Real Persons in the Historic Period; and Individual Belief in Immortality: the Mysteries and Orphism; and References for Hero-Cults. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - Religion | Antiquities & Archaeology - Philosophy | Metaphysics |
| Dewey: 292 |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6" W x 9" (1.83 lbs) 452 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
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