25 THE GREEK GODS IN LATE NINETEENTH- AND EARLY TWENTIETH- CENTURY GERMAN AND BRITISH SCHOLARSHIP

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE viii
4. ILLUSTRATIONS x
5. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS xiv
6. ABBREVIATIONS xix
7. Introduction THE GREEK GODS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 1
8. 1 WHAT IS A GREEK GOD? 19
9. PART I SYSTEMATIC ASPECTS
10. 2 CANONIZING THE PANTHEON: THE DODEKATHEON IN GREEK RELIGION AND ITS ORIGINS 43
11. 3 GODS IN GREEK INSCRIPTIONS: SOME METHODOLOGICAL QUESTIONS 55
12. 4 METAMORPHOSES OF GODS INTO ANIMALS AND HUMANS 81
13. 5 SACRIFICING TO THE GODS: ANCIENT EVIDENCE AND MODERN INTERPRETATIONS 92
14. 6 GETTING IN CONTACT: CONCEPTS OF HUMAN–DIVINE ENCOUNTER IN CLASSICAL GREEK ART 106
15. 7 NEW STATUES FOR OLD GODS 126
16. PART II INDIVIDUAL DIVINITIES AND HEROES
17. 8 ZEUS AT OLYMPIA 155
18. 9 ZEUS IN AESCHYLUS: THE FACTOR OF MONETIZATION 178
19. 10 HEPHAISTOS SWEATS OR HOW TO CONSTRUCT AN AMBIVALENT GOD 193
20. 11 TRANSFORMING ARTEMIS: FROM THE GODDESS OF THE OUTDOORS TO CITY GODDESS 209
21. 12 HERAKLES BETWEEN GODS AND HEROES 228
22. 13 IDENTITIES OF GODS AND HEROES: ATHENIAN GARDEN SANCTUARIES AND GENDERED RITES OF PASSAGE 245
23. PART III DIACHRONIC ASPECTS
24. 14 EARLY GREEK THEOLOGY: GOD AS NATURE AND NATURAL GODS 273
25. 15 GODS IN EARLY GREEK HISTORIOGRAPHY 318
26. 16 GODS IN APULIA 335
27. 17 LUCIAN’S GODS: LUCIAN’S UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIVINE 348
28. 18 THE GODS IN THE GREEK NOVEL 362
29. 19 READING PAUSANIAS: CULTS OF THE GODS AND REPRESENTATION OF THE DIVINE 375
30. 20 KRONOS AND THE TITANS AS POWERFUL ANCESTORS: A CASE STUDY OF THE GREEK GODS IN LATER MAGICAL SPELLS 388
31. 21 HOMO FICTOR DEORUM EST: ENVISIONING THE DIVINE IN LATE ANTIQUE DIVINATORY SPELLS 406
32. 22 THE GODS IN LATER ORPHISM 422
33. 23 CHRISTIAN APOLOGISTS AND GREEK GODS 442
34. 24 THE MATERIALITY OF GOD’S IMAGE: THE OLYMPIAN ZEUS AND ANCIENT CHRISTOLOGY 465
35. PART IV HISTORIOGRAPHY
36. 25 THE GREEK GODS IN LATE NINETEENTH- AND EARLY TWENTIETH- CENTURY GERMAN AND BRITISH SCHOLARSHIP 483
37. EPILOGUE 505
38. INDEX 511