The Gods of Greece
Jonathan Barnes, 4 July 1985
Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical
by Walter Burkert, translated by John Raffan.
Blackwell, 493 pp., £29.50, April 1985,0 631 11241 3 Show More
by Walter Burkert, translated by John Raffan.
Blackwell, 493 pp., £29.50, April 1985,
“... relation between reason and unreason in this area. A recent and distinguished contribution is Robert Parker’s essay on pollution and purification, Miasma. One main feature of this research has been its invocation of comparative anthropology and sociology: not only ancient texts and remains but also the findings of modern fieldworkers have been adduced ... ”