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Description edit
Jane Harrison examines the festivals of ancient Greek religion to identify the primitive "substratum" of ritual and its persistence in the realm of classical religious observance and literature. In Harrison's preface to this remarkable book, she writes that J. G. Frazer's work had become part... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Zeus Meilichios: Add a description of this character.
- Demeter
- Dionysos
- Keres
- Kaibel
- Artemis
- Orestes
- Athene
- Dr Frazer
- Pallas
- Lucian
- Zagreus
- Helen
- Strepsiades
- A. Mitt
- Prof. Ridgeway
- Asklepios
- Agamemnon
- Socrates
- Clem
- Leto
- Aphrodite
- Mr Gilbert Murray
- Hesychius
- Hippolytos
- Poseidon
- Hephaistos
- J.
- Clytaemnestra
- Athenaeus
- Pythagoras
- Strabo
- Herod
- Herakles
- Mr F. M. Cornford
- Sabazios
- Kara
- Dr Verrall
- Erinyes
- Hosioter
- Gorgon
- Semnae
Setting & Locations edit
- Athens
- Apollo
- Thesmophoria
- Greece
- Diasia
- Euripides
- Crete
- Anthesteria
- Sophocles
- Thrace
- Thargelia
- Hades
- Harpy
- Paris
- Thebes
- Berlin Museum
- Eleusis
- Egypt
- Orphism
- Kallynteria
- Macedonia
- Haloa
- Plynteria
- Olympia
- Boeotia
- Pandora
- Osiris
- Naples
- Charila
- Megara
- Thyiades
- Skirophoria
- Bouphonia
- Kore
- Hecate
- Arcadia
- Sparta
- Orphic
- Kouretes
- Eileithyia
- Alcmaeon
- Semele
- Bellerophon
- Liknites
- Chytroi
- Samos
- Thessaly
First Sentence edit
IN characterizing the genius of the Greeks Mr Ruskin says: 'there is no dread in their hearts; pensiveness, amazement, often deepest grief and desolation, but terror never.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jane Ellen Harrison (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 292.08
Subjects edit
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Reference › Archaeology
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Mythology › Greek & Roman
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Fiction › Mystery
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Fairy Tales
- Books › History › Europe › Greece
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Greek & Roman
- Books › History › Ancient
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