Worshipping Virtues

Worshipping Virtues
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Publisher : Classical Press of Wales
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781914535246
ISBN-13 : 1914535243
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Download or read book Worshipping Virtues written by Emma Stafford and published by Classical Press of Wales. This book was released on 2000-12-31 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greeks, in Dr. Johnson's phrase, 'shock the mind by ascribing effects to non-entity'. The culture of ancient Greece was thronged with personifications. In poetry and the visual arts, personified figures of what might seem abstractions claim our attention. This study examines the logic, the psychology and the practice of Greeks who worshipped these personifications with temples and sacrifices, and addressed them with hymns and prayers. Emma Stafford conducts case-studies of deified 'abstractions', such as Peitho (Persuasion), Eirene (Peace) and Hygieia (Health). She also considers general questions of Greek psychology, such as why so many of these figures were female. Modern scholars have asked, Did the Greeks believe their own myths? This study contributes importantly to the debate, by exploring widespread and creative popular theology in the historical period.


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