Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
ISBN 13 | 9780226100432 |
ISBN 10 | 022610043X |
Author | Professor Emeritus of Classics Walter Burkert |
Language | English |
Book Description | We often think of classical Greek society as a model of rationality and order. Yet as Walter Burkert demonstrates in these influential essays on the history of Greek religion, there were archaic, savage forces surging beneath the outwardly calm face |
About the Author | Walter Burkert is an emeritus professor of classics at the University of Zurich. He is the author of a number of books, most recently The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age and Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religions. Read more |
Publication Date | 11 October 2013 |
Number of Pages | 152 pages |
Savage Energies: Lessons of Myth and Ritual in Ancient Greece