This book is the outcome of work undertaken in Greece during Mr. Lawson's two years' tenure of the Craven Studentship from 1898 to 1900. The scheme of the work originally proposed was the investigation of the customs and superstitions of modern Greece in their possible bearing upon the life and thought of ancient Greece. Partial Contents: survival of tradition; survival of pagan deities; communion of gods and men; relation of soul and body; cremation and inhumation; benefit of dissolution; union of gods and men; index of Greek words and phrases.
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Originally published in 1910, this book analyses the customs and superstitions of modern Greece as a means of gaining a greater understanding of ancient Greek belief structures. This is a fascinating book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in anthropology and the classical world.
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Greek village life has been disappearing rapidly over the past 30 years as the actual villagers have died off. But this study was made over 100 years ago, when villages were thriving with thousands of people, and the direct connections between their religious and cultural practices and their ancient ancestors as shown in this book make it an incredibly important and truly invaluable historical document.
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Leo Allatius, Miss Harrison, Bernhard Schmidt, Greek Church, Macedonian Folklore, Father Richard, Mount Pelion, Theodore Bent, Christophorus Angelus, Clement of Alexandria, Early Age of Greece, Michael Psellus, The Survival of Pagan Deities, Black Sea, Christian God, Good Friday, Greek Tragedy, Sonnini de Magnoncourt, Voyage du Levant, Asia Minor, Christian Church, John of Damascus, Lycaean Zeus, Study of Gk Relig, Alexander the Great New!
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