The Religion of the Greeks and Romans

Introduction -- I. The mythological strain in Greek religion -- II. The feast -- III. Two styles of religious experience -- IV. Peaks of Greek and Roman religious experience -- 1. Theoria -- 2. Religo -- V. Man and God according to Homer and Hesiod -- 1. The Greek idea of sacrifice -- 2. The laughter of the gods -- VI. Man and God in the Roman view -- 1. The life of Flamen Dialis -- 2. Retrospect -- Epilogue: The religious idea of non-existence.

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