Hosios : a semantic study of Greek piety /

Hosios : a semantic study of Greek piety /

In Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety Saskia Peels elucidates the semantics of the Ancient Greek adjective hosios and its cognates. Traditionally rendered as 'piety', hosios was a key notion in Classical Greek religion and reflected a core value in Athenian democracy. Since antiquity,...

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Main Author: Peels, Saskia.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 387.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Hosios (The Greek word)
Greek language > Etymology.
Greece > Religion.

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Call Number: PA430.H6 P44 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • The Semantics of ὅσιος
  • ὅσιος vs. εὐσεβής
  • ὅσιος vs. δίκαιος
  • Pious Gods
  • ὅσιος vs. ∅
  • The Semantic Paradox
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes.