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Hellenistic religions : the age of syncretism / edited, with an introduction, by Frederick C. Grant. - 1st ed.. - Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, c1953.
xxxix, 196 p. ; 21 cm. - (The Library of liberal arts ; no. 134) Content notes : Institutional religion. Sacred histories, foundations, and votive offerings ; Sacred laws : rules for priesthoods, initiations, and sacrifices ; Religious practices and beliefs -- The criticism of traditional religion -- Cults. Orphism ; Oriental cults ; Egyptian cults ; Attis and Mithras -- Religious ideas of the philosophers. Cleanthes ; Epictetus on providence ; Epicurus on human happiness and the gods ; Diogenes : a philosophical testament ; Dio Chrysostom's Olympic oration ; Alexander on topics in praise of God ; Maximus on the use of images ; Plotinus ; Hymns of Proclus ; Iamblichus ; Salustius concerning the gods and the universe. 067260342X (pbk.) 9780672603426 (pbk.) * Religions. Syncretisme. Godsdienst. Griekse oudheid. Religion grecque. Syncrétisme - Histoire. - Grèce * Greece - Religion. Grèce - Religion. * Grant, Frederick C. * Title * Series