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1. European Paganism

   By Ken Dowden

   European Paganism provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of ancient pagan religions throughout the European continent.Before there where Christians, the peoples of Europe were pagans. Were they bloodthirsty savages hanging human offerings from trees? Were they happy ecologists, valuing...

   Published March 31st 2008 by Routledge
2. Zeus

   By Ken Dowden

   Series: Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World

   The first book to capture a complete picture of the most important of Greek gods in one reliable volume for almost seventy years, this masterly and comprehensive study brings a new-millennium examination of the fascinating god Zeus. Broad in scope, the book looks at myth, art, cult,...

   Published December 8th 2005 by Routledge
3. The Uses of Greek Mythology

   By Ken Dowden

   Series: Approaching the Ancient World

   In an innovative sequence of topics, Ken Dowden explores the uses Greeks made of myth and the uses to which we can put myth in recovering the richness of their culture. Most aspects of Greek life and history - including war, religion and sexuality - which are discernable through myth, as well as...

   Published September 9th 1992 by Routledge