Five Stages of Greek Religion
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FIVE STAGES OF
GREEK RELIGION
GILBERT MURRAY
Boston
THE BEACON PRESS
Boston
THE BEACON PRESS
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
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FOOTNOTES:
CONTENTS
I
SATURNIA REGNA
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SATURNIA REGNA
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II
THE OLYMPIAN CONQUEST
I. Origin of the Olympians
II. The Religious Value of the Olympians
I. Origin of the Olympians
II. The Religious Value of the Olympians
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THE OLYMPIAN CONQUEST
I. Origin of the Olympians
II. The Religious Value of the Olympians
I. Origin of the Olympians
II. The Religious Value of the Olympians
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III
THE GREAT SCHOOLS OF THE FOURTH CENTURY, B. C.
NOTE
NOTE
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THE GREAT SCHOOLS OF THE FOURTH CENTURY, B. C.
NOTE
NOTE
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IV
THE FAILURE OF NERVE
Bibliographical Note
Bibliographical Note
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THE FAILURE OF NERVE
Bibliographical Note
Bibliographical Note
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V
THE LAST PROTEST
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THE LAST PROTEST
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SALLUSTIUS 'ON THE GODS AND THE WORLD'[200-1]
I. What the Disciple should be; and concerning Common Conceptions.
II. That God is unchanging, unbegotten, eternal, incorporeal, and not in space.
III. Concerning myths; that they are divine, and why.
IV. That the species of Myth are five, with examples of each.
V. On the First Cause.
VI. On Gods Cosmic and Hypercosmic.
VII. On the Nature of the World and its Eternity.
VIII. On Mind and Soul, and that the latter is immortal.
IX. On Providence, Fate, and Fortune.
X. Concerning Virtue and Vice.
XI. Concerning right and wrong Social Organization.[214-1]
XII. The origin of evil things; and that there is no positive evil.
XIII. How things eternal are said to 'be made' (γίγνεσθαι).
XIV. In what sense, though the Gods never change, they are said to be made angry and appeased.
XV. Why we give worship to the Gods when they need nothing.
XVI. Concerning sacrifices and other worships, that we benefit man by them, but not the gods.
XVII. That the World is by nature Eternal.
XVIII. Why there are rejections of God, and that God is not injured.
XIX. Why sinners are not punished at once.
XX. On Transmigration of Souls, and how Souls are said to migrate into brute beasts.
XXI. That the Good are happy, both living and dead.
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I. What the Disciple should be; and concerning Common Conceptions.
II. That God is unchanging, unbegotten, eternal, incorporeal, and not in space.
III. Concerning myths; that they are divine, and why.
IV. That the species of Myth are five, with examples of each.
V. On the First Cause.
VI. On Gods Cosmic and Hypercosmic.
VII. On the Nature of the World and its Eternity.
VIII. On Mind and Soul, and that the latter is immortal.
IX. On Providence, Fate, and Fortune.
X. Concerning Virtue and Vice.
XI. Concerning right and wrong Social Organization.[214-1]
XII. The origin of evil things; and that there is no positive evil.
XIII. How things eternal are said to 'be made' (γίγνεσθαι).
XIV. In what sense, though the Gods never change, they are said to be made angry and appeased.
XV. Why we give worship to the Gods when they need nothing.
XVI. Concerning sacrifices and other worships, that we benefit man by them, but not the gods.
XVII. That the World is by nature Eternal.
XVIII. Why there are rejections of God, and that God is not injured.
XIX. Why sinners are not punished at once.
XX. On Transmigration of Souls, and how Souls are said to migrate into brute beasts.
XXI. That the Good are happy, both living and dead.
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INDEX
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