• Focuses on Athens in the classical period
• Includes detailed discussion of Greek gods and heroes, myth and cult, and vivid descriptions of Greek religion as it was practiced
• Ancient texts are presented in boxes to promote thought and discussion, and abundant illustrations help readers visualize the rich and varied religious life of ancient Greece
• Revised edition inlcudes additional boxed texts and bibliography, an 8-page color plate section, a new discussion of the nature of Greek "piety," and a new chapter on Greek Religion and Greek Culture

• New chapters on sources, scholarly contributions, and magic
• Expanded discussions of rites of passage, Spartan agoge, Cretan education, purity, and pollution and purification procedures
• Additional maps and expanded 4-color insert
• Updated source material and bibliography throughout

JON D. MIKALSON is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Virginia. Previously, he was Whitehead Professor at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece. His books include Athenian Popular Religion, Honor Thy Gods: Popular Religion in Greek Tragedy, Religion in Hellenistic Athens, and Herodotus and Religion in the Persian Wars.

List of color plates vii

List of figures ix

List of maps xiii

Preface xv

Abbreviations xix

I An Overview: Greek Sanctuaries and Worship 1

II Greek Gods, Heroes, and Polytheism 31

III Seven Greek Cult Myths 53

IV Major Greek Cults 67

V Religion in the Greek Family and Village 123

VI Religion of the Greek City-State 149

VII Greek Religion and the Individual 171

VIII Greek Religion in the Hellenistic Period 193

IX Greek Religion and Greek Culture 213

X How Do We Know That? 235

XI Approaches to Greek Religion 251

Color Plates 267

Glossary of recurring Greek terms 269

Index 273