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- catalog abstract "Examines the religious beliefs of forth- and fifth-century Athenians based on Greek tragedies, focusing on plays from Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and discussing how each playwright addressed religion in his works, along with the importance of honor in ancient Athenian piety.".
- catalog contributor b3374544.
- catalog created "c1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "c1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1991.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction. -- Mythology and popular religion -- The fragments of Greek tragedy -- Irony and interpretation -- The need to particularize -- Tragedy and cult prehistory -- 2. The Deities. -- The presence of a God -- Gods and Daimones -- Gods and heroes -- Divine intervention -- 3. Challenges to popular religious beliefs. -- Asylum -- Xenia -- Oaths and perjury -- Divination -- Death, burial, and afterlife -- Conclusion -- 4. The pious and the impious. -- Creon and Antigone -- Ajax and Odysseus -- Hippolytus -- Pentheus, Teiresias, and Cadmus -- Troy and Athens -- Polyphemus -- Conclusion -- 5. Piety and honor. -- Pieties and impieties -- Piety and justice -- Piety, folly, Sophrosyne, and Hybris -- Piety and Tiuń -- 6. The tragedians and popular religion. -- Aeschylus -- Sophocles -- Euripides -- Exodos.".
- catalog description "Examines the religious beliefs of forth- and fifth-century Athenians based on Greek tragedies, focusing on plays from Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and discussing how each playwright addressed religion in his works, along with the importance of honor in ancient Athenian piety.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-317) and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xv, 359 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Honor thy gods.".
- catalog identifier "0807820059 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0807843482 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Honor thy gods.".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "c1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Honor thy gods.".
- catalog subject "Gods, Greek, in literature.".
- catalog subject "Greek drama (Tragedy) History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PA3136 .M54 1991".
- catalog subject "Religion in literature.".
- catalog subject "Religious drama, Greek History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction. -- Mythology and popular religion -- The fragments of Greek tragedy -- Irony and interpretation -- The need to particularize -- Tragedy and cult prehistory -- 2. The Deities. -- The presence of a God -- Gods and Daimones -- Gods and heroes -- Divine intervention -- 3. Challenges to popular religious beliefs. -- Asylum -- Xenia -- Oaths and perjury -- Divination -- Death, burial, and afterlife -- Conclusion -- 4. The pious and the impious. -- Creon and Antigone -- Ajax and Odysseus -- Hippolytus -- Pentheus, Teiresias, and Cadmus -- Troy and Athens -- Polyphemus -- Conclusion -- 5. Piety and honor. -- Pieties and impieties -- Piety and justice -- Piety, folly, Sophrosyne, and Hybris -- Piety and Tiuń -- 6. The tragedians and popular religion. -- Aeschylus -- Sophocles -- Euripides -- Exodos.".
- catalog title "Honor thy gods : popular religion in Greek tragedy / Jon D. Mikalson.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".