Ancient religions and Mythologies

The first comprehensive study of its kind, this fully illustrated book establishes Paganism as a persistent force in European history with a profound influence on modern thinking.

The first comprehensive study of its kind, this fully illustrated book establishes Paganism as a persistent force in European history with a profound influence on modern thinking.

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First published in 1983.

First published in 1983.

First published in 2001.

First published in 2001.

As Rome extended its influence throughout Italy, gradually incorporating its various peoples in a process of Romanization and conquest, its religion was extensively influenced by the cults of religious practices of its new subjects and citizens.

As Rome extended its influence throughout Italy, gradually incorporating its various peoples in a process of Romanization and conquest, its religion was extensively influenced by the cults of religious practices of its new subjects and citizens.

The history of the divine is the history of human thought.

The history of the divine is the history of human thought.

This cutting-edge collection of essays offers provocative studies of ancient history, literature, gender identifications and roles, and subsequent interpretations of the republican and imperial Roman past.

This cutting-edge collection of essays offers provocative studies of ancient history, literature, gender identifications and roles, and subsequent interpretations of the republican and imperial Roman past.

This work is a critical examination of Maat, the moral ideal in ancient Egypt.

Often ignored in studies of Classical Greek religion, private cults were widespread in the Hellenistic world.

Often ignored in studies of Classical Greek religion, private cults were widespread in the Hellenistic world.

This book offers a groundbreaking revision of the popular image of Aphrodite and Eros that lives on in Roman poetry (Venus and Cupid) and has inspired artists for centuries.

This book offers a groundbreaking revision of the popular image of Aphrodite and Eros that lives on in Roman poetry (Venus and Cupid) and has inspired artists for centuries.

In Greek mythology, Hyperboreans were a tribe who lived far to Greece's north.

In Greek mythology, Hyperboreans were a tribe who lived far to Greece's north.

This book provides an original treatment of the concept of good and beauty in ancient Egypt.

This book provides an original treatment of the concept of good and beauty in ancient Egypt.

First published in 2008.

First published in 2008.

Much of the theorizing about myth in philosophy and religious studies grows out of efforts to understand the classics and the Bible.

Much of the theorizing about myth in philosophy and religious studies grows out of efforts to understand the classics and the Bible.

This book surveys the history of psychoanalytic treatments of myths variously as symptoms of psychopathology, as cultural defense mechanisms, and as metaphoric expressions of ideas that may include therapeutic insights.

This book surveys the history of psychoanalytic treatments of myths variously as symptoms of psychopathology, as cultural defense mechanisms, and as metaphoric expressions of ideas that may include therapeutic insights.

Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was never more insightful and intriguing than when he discussed mythology.

Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was never more insightful and intriguing than when he discussed mythology.

Scholars of classical history and literature have for more than a century accepted `initiation' as a tool for understanding a variety of obscure rituals and myths, ranging from the ancient Greek wedding and adolescent haircutting rituals to initiatory motifs or structures in Greek myth, comedy and tragedy.

Scholars of classical history and literature have for more than a century accepted `initiation' as a tool for understanding a variety of obscure rituals and myths, ranging from the ancient Greek wedding and adolescent haircutting rituals to initiatory motifs or structures in Greek myth, comedy and tragedy.

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Sir E.

Imagining the Pagan Past explores stories of Britain's pagan history.

Imagining the Pagan Past explores stories of Britain's pagan history.

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Sir E.

Large state temples in ancient Egypt were vast agricultural estates, with interests in mining, trading, and other economic activities.

Large state temples in ancient Egypt were vast agricultural estates, with interests in mining, trading, and other economic activities.

Fragments of ancient belief mingle with folklore and Christian dogma until the original tenets are lost in the myths and psychologies of the intervening years.

Fragments of ancient belief mingle with folklore and Christian dogma until the original tenets are lost in the myths and psychologies of the intervening years.

The Hebrew Bible offers a metaphor of marriage that portrays men and women as complementary, each with their distinct and 'natural' roles.

The Hebrew Bible offers a metaphor of marriage that portrays men and women as complementary, each with their distinct and 'natural' roles.

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.

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.

In Who Is the Dreamer Who Dreams the Dream?

In Who Is the Dreamer Who Dreams the Dream?