TY - BOOK AU - Grant,Frederick C. TI - Hellenistic religions: the age of syncretism T2 - The Library of liberal arts SN - 067260342X (pbk.) AV - BL96 .H44 1953 U1 - 292 PY - 1953/// CY - Indianapolis PB - Bobbs-Merrill KW - Religions KW - Syncretisme KW - gtt KW - Godsdienst KW - Griekse oudheid KW - Religion grecque KW - Syncrétisme KW - Grèce KW - Histoire KW - Greece KW - Religion N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 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 UR - http://www.archive.org/details/hellenisticrelig00gran UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL16079739M ER -