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Miasma: Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion

By Parker , Robert

Book information

Publisher
Clarendon Press
Year
1983
ISBN
0198148356 / 9780198148357
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (22073352 bytes)
Pages
429\429
Topic
History
Time added
2018-06-20 20:23:16

Description

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.

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