Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion. Volume 2, Transition and reversal in myth and ritual /

This is the second of a two-volume collection of studies on inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion. Their common aim is to argue for the historical relevance of various types of ambiguity and dissonance. While the first volume focused on the central paradoxes in ancient henotheism, the present...

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Main Author: Versnel, H. S.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1992.

Series: Studies in Greek and Roman Religion 6/2.
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672.

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Call Number: BL722 .V47 1994

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • WHAT IS SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR THE GANDER: MYTH AND RITUAL, OLD AND NEW
  • KRONOS AND THE KRONIA
  • SATURNUS AND THE SATURNALIA
  • THE ROMAN FESTIVAL FOR BONA DEA AND THE GREEK THESMOPHORIA
  • APOLLO AND MARS ONE HUNDRED YEARS AFTER ROSCHER
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEXES
  • STUDIES IN GREEK AND ROMAN RELIGION.