Illustrations. Illustrations 8 10 : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 145 8. PAN AND NYMPHS 9. LANDSCAPE WITH SHRINES 10. HERO IN A SHRINE
Illustrations. Illustrations 21 23 : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 151 21. REUNION OF DEMETER AND KORE 22. DEPARTURE OF TRIPTOLEMOS 23. TRIPTOLEMOS WITH A PLOW
The Cities. The Panegyreis : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 84 THE CITIES; THE PANEGYREIS In a previous chapter I strongly emphasized the fact that in early times Greece was a country of tillers of the soil and of herdsmen, who subsisted on the products of their own labor. To these, of course, we...
Title Page : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], GREEK POPULAR RELIGION BY MARTIN P. NILSSON SOMETIME RECTOR, UNIVERSITY OF LUND, SWEDEN NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS LECTURES ON THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES NEW SERIES, NO. I [1940...
Illustrations. Illustrations 15 16 : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 148 15. INITIATION RITES 16. GODS OF ELEUSIS
Illustrations. Illustrations 34 36 : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 155 34. ATHENA ERGANE 35. CYBELE, THE GREAT MOTHER 36. BENDIS
The Religion Of Eleusis : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 42 THE RELIGION OF ELEUSIS A chapter on the religion of Eleusis is a natural sequel to the description of the rural customs and festivals, 1 for the Eleusinian Mysteries are the highest and finest bloom of Greek popular religi...
Seers And Oracles : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 121 SEERS AND ORACLES The religious situation in Greece was complicated in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., even in regard to popular religion. It was simple enough in backward districts, where the old faith survived without being...
Untitled : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 159 INDEX Acheloos, 11 Acquirer, the, epithet of Zeus, 67, 70 Actaeon, 113 Acts, ancient Greek piety expressed in, 73, 76 Adam, James, 3 Adonis, 96 f., 131 Aeschines, 93, 97 "n"; quoted, 74 Aeschylus, 68, 70, 108; "Agamemnon", 109...
Illustrations. Illustrations 13 14 : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 147 13. DIONYSUS IN A SHIP 14. WINE OFFERING TO DIONYSUS
Illustrations : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. xv ILLUSTRATIONS DEMETER, TRIPTOLEMOS, AND KORE Frontispiece Votive relief. National Museum, Athens (Photograph by Alinari) 1. ARCADIAN HERM 143 From K. Rhomaios, "Arkadikoi Hermai, Ephemeris archaiologike", 1911 2. HERMES PSYCHOPOMPOS...
The Countryside : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 3 GREEK POPULAR RELIGION THE COUNTRYSIDE Greek religion in its various aspects has been the subject of numerous investigations. Modern research has progressed along two lines especially, the search for primitive survivals and the study...
Legalism And Superstition. Hell : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 102 LEGALISM AND SUPERSTITION; HELL I have spoken of the religion of the countryside. Its cults certainly do not exhibit the gods in their highest aspects, nor do the rustic customs belong to the higher strata of religion. But they are...
The House And The Family : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 65 THE HOUSE AND THE FAMILY A great scholar has graphically described Artemis as the goddess of the outdoors (Gttin des Draussen). Untamed nature may be lovely and beneficent, but, on the other hand, it may be terrible and frightful...
Illustrations. Illustrations 29 33 : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 154 29. DIOSCURI 30. APOLLO AGYIEUS 31. DIOSCURI 32. DIOSCURI COMING TO A MEAL 33. TRIPLE HECATE
Illustrations. Illustrations 1 3 : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], ILLUSTRATIONS p. 143 1. ARCADIAN HERM 2. HERMES PSYCHOPOMPOS 3. HERM OFFERING
Illustrations. Illustrations 17 18 : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 149 17. ANODOS OF PHEREPHATTA 18. ANODOS OF KORE
Illustrations. Illustrations 4 7 : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 144 4. GOAT DAEMONS 5. ARTEMIS 6. RIVER GOD 7. VOTIVE MASKS
Illustrations. Illustrations 24 25 : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 152 24. THE CHILD PLOUTON 25. PLOUTON AND PERSEPHONE (PHEREPHATTA)
Illustrations. Illustrations 19 20 : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 150 19. BEARDED TRIPTOLEMOS 20. CORN IN A SHRINE
Rural Customs And Festivals : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 22 RURAL CUSTOMS AND FESTIVALS I have emphasized strongly the fact that except for a few industrial and commercial centers ancient Greece was a country of peasants and herdsmen and that according to modern notions many of its so-called...
Illustrations. Illustrations 37 39 : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 156 37. OFFERING TO ASCLEPIUS 38. ASCLEPIUS OF MELOS 39. GARDENS OF ADONIS
Acknowledgements : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Acknowledgment Is Hereby Made To: Alinari, Kaufmann, and the British Museum for the use of photographs; A. F. Bruckmann, A.-G., for the figures from Brunn and Bruckmann, "Denkmler griechischer and rmischer Sculptur"...
Illustrations. Illustrations 26 28 : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. 153 26. ZEUS KTESIOS 27. ZEUS MEILICHIOS 28. ZEUS MEILICHIOS
Foreword : * "Greek Popular Religion", by Martin P. Nilsson, [1940], p. v FOREWORD Late in the last century the American committee for Lectures on the History of Religions came into existence. It was established to cooperate with colleges and seminaries over the United States in providing courses of lectures...
