1st Edition

The Greeks and their Gods

By W.K.C. Guthrie Copyright 1950
    406 Pages
    by Routledge

    The Greeks and their Gods (1950) examines the question of what the Greeks thought to be the proper relationship between human and divine. Religion was such an integral part of Ancient Greek life and thought that without a proper study their world can be scarcely appreciated.

    1. Our Predecessors  2. The Divine Family  3. A Central Problem  4. Gods and Men in Homer  5. The Contribution of Ionia  6. Dionysos  7. Apollo  8. Heaven and Earth  9. The Chthonioi  10. Hopes and Fears of the Ordinary Man  11. The Orphics  12. Plato and Aristotle

    Biography

    W.K.C. Guthrie