Collected Papers: II Greek Myth and Religion

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This volume contains the collected papers of Albert Henrichs on numerous subjects in ancient Greek myth and religion. What was ancient Greek religion really like? What is the reality of belief and action that lies behind the unwieldy sources, which stem from vast areas and epochs of the ancient world? What is the meaning, intended and otherwise, of religious action and speech in ancient Greece? Who were the Greek gods, how were they worshipped, and how were they viewed by those who worshipped them? One of the leading students of ancient Greek religion over the past five decades, Albert Henrichs, the Eliot Professor of Greek Literature at Harvard University, combines wide and deep learning, a pragmatic, incisive approach to the sources, and an apt use of comparative perspectives. Henrichs breaks new ground in discussing sacrifice, libation, cultic identity, religious action and speech, epiphany, and the personalities of the gods. Special attention is devoted to ancient Greek sources on the ancient Persian prophet Mani, founder of Manichaeism. As a group, Albert Henrichs’ papers on Greek religion offer a basic education on Greek myth and religion and constitute a blueprint for serious study of the subject. Preface Contents Bibliography of Albert Henrichs Permissions Abbreviations Part I: Sacrifice and Ritual 1. ΜΕΓΑΡΟΝ im Orakel des Apollon Kareios 2. Pagan ritual and the alleged crimes of the early Christians: A reconsideration 3. Human sacrifice in Greek religion: Three case studies 4. The Eumenides and wineless libations in the Derveni papyrus 5. Fasting, Bouphonia 6. Dromena und Legomena. Zum rituellen Selbstverständnis der Griechen 7. “Sacrifice as to the Immortals”: Modern classifications of animal sacrifice and ritual distinctions in the Lex Sacra from Selinous 8. Blutvergießen am Altar. Zur Ritualisierung der Gewalt im griechischen Opferkult 9. What is a Greek priest? 10. Mystika, Orphika, Dionysiaka. Esoterische Gruppenbildungen, Glaubensinhalte und Verhaltensweisen in der griechischen Religion Part II: Gods and Myths 11. Die „Erdmutter Demeter“ (P. Derveni und Euripides, Bakchae 275–76) 12. Despoina Kybele. Ein Beitrag zur Religiösen Namenkunde 13. Die Götter Griechenlands. Ihr Bild im Wandel der Religionswissenschaft 14. Anonymity and polarity: Unknown gods and nameless altars at the Areopagos 15. Demythologizing the past, mythicizing the present: Myth, history, and the supernatural at the dawn of the Hellenistic period 16. What is a Greek god? 17. Dionysus, Hades, Hecate, Clymenus 18. Zeus, Oidipus, Moira, Parcae Part III: Divine Epiphanies 19. Epiphany 20. The epiphanic moment: Sight and insight in ancient Greek encounters with the divine 21. Göttliche Präsenz als Differenz. Dionysos als epiphanischer Gott Part IV: Manichaica 22. Mani and the Babylonian baptists: A historical confrontation 23. “Thou Shalt Not Kill A Tree”: Greek, Manichaean, and Indian Tales 24. The Cologne Mani Codex reconsidered 25. Literary criticism of the Cologne Mani Codex 26. The timing of supernatural events in the Cologne Mani Codex 27. „So sprach mein Herr und Meister“. Selbstaussagen Manis, aufgezeichnet von seinen Schülern