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Clarendon Paperbacks Ser.: Miasma : Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion by Robert Parker (1996, Uk-Trade Paper)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100198147422
ISBN-139780198147428
eBay Product ID (ePID)77847
Product Key Features
Number of Pages432 Pages
Publication NameMiasma : Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1996
SubjectAncient / Greece, Ancient, General, History, Customs & Traditions
FeaturesReprint
TypeTextbook
AuthorRobert Parker
Subject AreaReligion, Social Science, History
SeriesClarendon Paperbacks Ser.
FormatUk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition19
Reviews"The most important book on Greek religion to appear in many years....Not only is this book an extraordinarily penetrating study of religious thought and practice, it also presents a most cogent and balanced analysis of Greek social values."--The Classical Outlook "This excellent study is not for literary students alone: any Hellenist, whatever his chosen field, is likely to find illumination in it."--The Classical World "A lucid, judicious, and well-documented assessment of the relevant literary and inscriptional evidence, which is characterized by enormous diversity in time, geographical reference, and genre....A significant and permanent contribution, this book warrants and should enjoy a wide readership."--Journal of the History of Medicine, 'anyone who seriously wishes to know about Greek ethics and culture will need to refer to this book'London Review of Books, '[Parker's] substantial and important book has set new standards of perceptiveness and subtlety, quite apart from its sheer learning, in this difficult but rich and revealing field of study.'Times Literary Supplement, "The most important book on Greek religion to appear in many years....Not only is this book an extraordinarily penetrating study of religious thought and practice, it also presents a most cogent and balanced analysis of Greek social values."-- The Classical Outlook "This excellent study is not for literary students alone: any Hellenist, whatever his chosen field, is likely to find illumination in it."-- The Classical World "A lucid, judicious, and well-documented assessment of the relevant literary and inscriptional evidence, which is characterized by enormous diversity in time, geographical reference, and genre....A significant and permanent contribution, this book warrants and should enjoy a wide readership."-- Journal of the History of Medicine, 'This book is packed with information, most lucidly and judiciously presented, and should be of great interest not only to Classicists (who often know less of this important area than they should), but to anthropologists and sociologists in general (a knowledge of Greek is not required, sinceeverything essential is translated)."Hermathena, "The most important book on Greek religion to appear in many years....Not only is this book an extraordinarily penetrating study of religious thought and practice, it also presents a most cogent and balanced analysis of Greek social values."--The Classical Outlook"This excellent study is not for literary students alone: any Hellenist, whatever his chosen field, is likely to find illumination in it."--The Classical World"A lucid, judicious, and well-documented assessment of the relevant literary and inscriptional evidence, which is characterized by enormous diversity in time, geographical reference, and genre....A significant and permanent contribution, this book warrants and should enjoy a wide readership."--Journal of the History of Medicine, 'This book is packed with information, most lucidly and judiciously presented, and should be of great interest not only to Classicists (who often know less of this important area than they should), but to anthropologists and sociologists in general (a knowledge of Greek is not required, since everything essential is translated)."Hermathena'anyone who seriously wishes to know about Greek ethics and culture will need to refer to this book'London Review of Books'[Parker's] substantial and important book has set new standards of perceptiveness and subtlety, quite apart from its sheer learning, in this difficult but rich and revealing field of study.'Times Literary Supplement
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal292/.446
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisMost of the commonly read Greek texts address "pollution." The pollution theme appears in tragedies, historical texts, and political oratory. Purity is a constant concern in ritual texts, and Greeks underwent many small purifications in their everyday lives. Certain archaic religious movements even made "purification" the path to felicity in the afterlife. First published in 1983, Miasma is the first work in English to treat this theme in detail., Anyone who has sampled even a few of the most commonly read Greek texts will have encountered pollution. The pollution of bloodshed is a frequent theme of tragedy: Orestes is driven mad; Oedipus brings plague upon all Thebes. In historical texts we find cities intervening in the internal affairs of others to 'drive out the pollution', or making war on account of it. Political orators represent their opponents as polluting demons. Purity is a constant concern inritual texts, and any Greek underwent many small purifications in his everyday life. Certain abnormal religious movements of the archaic age made 'purification' the path to felicity in the afterlife.First published in hardback in 1983, Miasma is the first work in English to treat this theme in detail., Most of the commonly read Greek texts address "pollution". The pollution theme appears in tragedies, historical texts, and political oratory. Purity is a constant concern in ritual texts, and Greeks underwent many small purifications in their everyday lives. Certain archaic religious movements even made "purification" the path to felicity in the afterlife. First published in 1983, Miasma is the first work in English to treat this theme in detail.
LC Classification NumberBL788.P37 2003
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