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Walter Burkert

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in Neuendettelsau, Germany

February 02, 1931

Died

March 11, 2015

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Walter Burkert was a German scholar of Greek mythology and cult. Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Zurich, Switzerland, he taught in the UK and the US.

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Average rating: 3.92 · 1,027 ratings · 102 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ancient Mystery Cults 3.81 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth by Walter Burkert, Peter Bing (Translator) 4.08 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1972 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age by Walter Burkert, Margaret E. Pinder (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1984 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De Homero a los Magos: La tradición oriental en la cultura griega by Walter Burkert, Xavier Riu Camps (Translator) 3.60 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Violent Origins: Walter Burkert, René Girard, and Jonathan Z. Smith on Ritual Killing and Cultural Formation by Walter Burkert (editor), René Girard, Jonathan Z. Smith 4.24 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual 3.94 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1980 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture 3.88 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Savage Energies: Lessons of Myth and Ritual in Ancient Greece by Walter Burkert, Peter Bing (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism by Walter Burkert, Edwin L. Minar Jr. (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1962 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ANTHROPOLOGIE DES RELIGIÖSEN OPFERS really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“What the myth founds is a double existence between the upper world and the underworld: a dimension of death is introduced into life, and a dimension of life is introduced into death.”
― Walter Burkert, Greek Religion

tags: death, hades, life, mythology, persephone, underworld

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“Culture is not a plant sprouting from its seed in isolation; it is a continuous process of learning guided by curiosity along with practical needs and interests. It grows especially from a willingness to learn from what is 'other', what is strange and foreign.”
― Walter Burkert

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