Ancient Greek Religion

<p><b>Provides undergraduate students with&nbsp;a vibrant&nbsp;account of the religious&nbsp;world of ancient Greece, now in its third edition&nbsp;</b></p> <p><i>Ancient Greek Religion&nbsp;offers a detailed yet accessible introduction to the beliefs,&nbsp;myths, rituals, and deities of Greek religion. Author</i> Jon D.&nbsp;Mikalson&nbsp;provides a vivid&nbsp;depiction&nbsp;of&nbsp;Greek religious&nbsp;practice&nbsp;in Athens,&nbsp;Delphi, and Olympia&nbsp;during the Classical&nbsp;period&nbsp;and in&nbsp;select other cities during&nbsp;the Hellenistic period.&nbsp;This reader-friendly textbook explains basic concepts&nbsp;of Greek polytheism,&nbsp;describes&nbsp;major&nbsp;deities and cults,&nbsp;and discusses various&nbsp;aspects of Greek religious life&nbsp;in the context of the city-state, the village, the family, and the individual.&nbsp;</p> <p>The revised third edition features&nbsp;new contributions by Andrej and Ivana Petrovic. &nbsp;It has two new chapters:&nbsp;one&nbsp;highlighting&nbsp;Roman, Christian, and&nbsp;modern&nbsp;scholars&rsquo;&nbsp;approaches&nbsp;to&nbsp;Greek religion&nbsp;and&nbsp;one&nbsp;identifying the&nbsp;types&nbsp;of sources used&nbsp;to understand and reconstruct ancient Greek religion.&nbsp;This edition&nbsp;also expands discussion of magic and personal practices and&nbsp;includes an&nbsp;updated and expanded bibliography&nbsp;for each chapter.&nbsp;This popular textbook:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Offers&nbsp;thorough coverage&nbsp;of&nbsp;major&nbsp;Greek gods,&nbsp;heroes, myths, and&nbsp;cults&nbsp;</li> <li>Presents translations of ancient texts&nbsp;to promote&nbsp;reflection&nbsp;and discussion&nbsp;</li> <li>Features a&nbsp;glossary of recurring Greek terms and a&nbsp;wealth of high-quality color maps, images, figures, and&nbsp;illustrations&nbsp;</li> <li>Describes&nbsp;Greek religious practice&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;perspectives&nbsp;of&nbsp;different&nbsp;worshippers, such as priests, slaves, family members,&nbsp;and public officials&nbsp;</li> <li>Discusses&nbsp;various interpretations&nbsp;of the gods and the afterlife,&nbsp;the nature of piety and impiety, and the&nbsp;larger&nbsp;social and political context&nbsp;of ancient Greece&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><i>Ancient Greek Religion, Third Edition</i>,&nbsp;remains the ideal introductory textbook for undergraduate courses including Greek Civilization, Greek Religion, Greek and Roman Religion, Ancient Religions, and Greek History. It is also an excellent source of reference for graduate students, instructors, and scholars studying religious life in Classical Greece.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>