Greek Popular Religion

by Martin Persson Nilsson

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Genres: Nonfiction

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1940

About the author

Martin Persson Nilsson (Stoby, Kristianstad County, 12 July 1874 – Lund, 7 April 1967) was a Swedish philologist, mythographer, and a scholar of the Greek, Hellenistic and Roman religious systems. In his studies he combined literary evidence with archaeological evidence, linking historic and prehistoric evidence for the evolution of the Greek mythological cycles.

Reviews

[Brent · Rating 2 out of 5]

Although it takes a different perspective (that of the rural community), it is built on a foundation of shaky assumptions and more than once reveals the author's own prejudices.