# Prolegomena to the study of Greek religion

Author: Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850-1928

Genre: Mythology, Greek

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78248

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Prolegomena+to+the+study+of+Greek+religion+Harrison&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Mr Ruskin on the absence of fear in the Greek genius, Religion, to writers of the fifth century B.C., mainly a matter of festivals. In the _Euthyphron_ religion is ‘doing business with the gods,’ a form of ‘tendance’ (θεραπεία). Contrast of δεισιδαιμονία, ‘fear of spirits.’ Plutarch on ‘fear of spirits.’ Distinction drawn by Isocrates and others between Olympian and apotropaic ritual. Contrast between ‘Tendance’ (θεραπεία) and ‘Aversion’ (ἀποτροπή). Sacrifice to Zeus in Homer is a banquet shared. Contrast of the ritual of the Diasia. The holocaust or uneaten sacrifice. Ritual of the Diasia addressed primarily to an underworld snake. Superposition of the Homeric Zeus. Evidence of art. The...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/prolegomena-to-the-study-of-greek-religion-78248/chapters/11/index.md)