Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion by Jane Ellen Harrison

Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion by Jane Ellen Harrison, published in 1903. The author examines the festivals of ancient Greek religion to identify the primitive “substratum” of ritual and its persistence in the realm of classical religious observance and literature. Sections Include: Olympian and Chthonic Ritual, The Anthesteria: The Ritual of Ghosts and Sprites, Harvest Festivals, The Women’s Festivals, The Making of a Goddess, Anthropomorphism, The Making of a God, Dionysos, Orphic and Dionysiac Mysteries, Orphic Cosmogony, etc. etc. Hardcover with light shelfwear and light rubbing to corners and ends.