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Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans [Paperback]

Franz Valery Marie Cumont (Author)


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June 1912
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: G.P. Putnam's sons in 1912 in 248 pages; Subjects: Religions; Astrology; Greece; Rome; Astrology, Roman; Astrology, Greek; Religion; History / Ancient / General; History / Ancient / Greece; History / Ancient / Rome; Body, Mind & Spirit / Astrology / General; Body, Mind & Spirit / Astrology / Horoscopes;
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Franz Cumont was one of the preeminent classical scholars of his day, and his investigations into the history of religion had a dramatic impact upon the fields of archaeology, comparative mythology, and anthropology.

This 1912 volume collects the influential series of lectures he delivered across the United States highlighting one aspect of his groundbreaking studies of ancient worship: the reverence of the stars.

He discusses... * the origins of astrology in ancient Babylonia * why ancient scientists believed the stars were divine * how astrology influenced Greek and Roman paganism * astrology as the official religion of the Roman Empire * and more... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 136 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Pubns (June 1912)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0486205819
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486205816
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,791,765 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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During the period of the French Revolution citizen Dupuis, in three bulky volumes "On the Origin of all Forms of Worship" (1794), developed the idea that the primary source of religion was the spectacle of celestial phenomena and the ascertainment of their correspondence with earthly events, and he undertook to show that the myths of all peoples and all times were nothing but a set of astronomical combinations.  Read the first page
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sidereal theology, sidereal gods, sidereal religion, divine stars, learned theology
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Middle Ages, Vettius Valens, Asia Minor, Most High, Philip of Opus, Philo the Jew
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