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  • Ancient Art and Ritual (Illustrated)

    "Every dogma religion has hitherto produced is probably false, but for all that the religious or mystical spirit may be the only way of apprehending some things, and these of enormous importance. It may also be that the contents of this mystical apprehension cannot be put into language without being falsified and misstated, that they have rather to be felt and lived than uttered and intellectually ... Read more

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  • Ancient Art and Ritual

    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, ... Read more

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  • Ancient Art and Ritual

    "Ancient Art and Ritual" by Jane Ellen Harrison is a groundbreaking work that explores the deep connection between ancient religious rituals and the development of art in human history. Harrison, a classical scholar and one of the founders of modern anthropology of religion, argues that many forms of art, including theater, sculpture, and music, originated from primitive religious ceremonies and ... Read more

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  • The Religion of Ancient Greece

    Harrisons' "Religion of Ancient Greece" is a symbol of the intellectual progress of the early 20th century as the formerly hegemonic importance of Rome gave way to interpreting and studying religions based on older and localized archaeological remains and prior analysis from deep antiquity. Here then we have a description of various deities, their history, and allusions to them in Homer and debate ... Read more

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  • Progelomena To The Study Of Greek Religion

    Progelomena To The Study Of Greek Religionby Jane Ellen HarrisonJane Harrison 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. In Harrison's preface to this remarkable book, she writes that J. G. Frazer's work had become part and parcel of her "mental furniture" and ... Read more

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  • Primitive Athens As Described by Thucydides

    Primitive Athens as Described by Thucydides by Jane Ellen Harrison offers a fascinating exploration of ancient Athens, focusing on its early history and cultural development as interpreted through the lens of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. A leading classical scholar and pioneer in the study of ancient Greek religion, Harrison brings her deep knowledge and innovative methods to this ... Read more

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  • Primitive Athens as Described by Thucydides

    The traveller who visits Athens for the first time will naturally, if he be a classical scholar, devote himself at the outset to the realization of the city of Perikles. His task will here be beset by no serious difficulties. The Acropolis, as Perikles left it, is, both from literary and monumental evidence, adequately known to us. Archaeological investigation has now but little to add to the ... Read more

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  • The First Two Chapters of Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion

    THE object of the following pages is to draw attention to some neglected aspects of Greek religion. Greek religion, as set forth in popular handbooks and even in more ambitious treatises, is an affair mainly of mythology, and moreover of mythology as seen through the medium of literature. In England, so far as I am aware, no serious attempt has been made to examine Greek ritual. Yet the facts of ... Read more

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  • Alpha and Omega

    From Marginalian Editions, a remarkable essay collection by the iconoclastic historian Jane Ellen Harrison, hero to generations of writers from Virginia Woolf to Mary Beard, exploring seemingly opposing forces from magic and theology to peace and patriotism.Published at the outset of World War I, the essay collection Alpha and Omega was the capstone of the remarkable career of Jane Ellen Harrison, ... Read more

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  • Primitive Athens as described by Thucydides

    The traveller who visits Athens for the first time will naturally, if he be a classical scholar, devote himself at the outset to the realization of the city of Perikles. His task will here be beset by no serious difficulties. The Acropolis, as Perikles left it, is, both from literary and monumental evidence, adequately known to us. Archaeological investigation has now but little to add to the ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Ancient Art and Ritual

    Explore the intricate tapestry of ancient art and ritual in this enlightening volume, where Jane Ellen Harrison unveils the profound connection between these two seemingly disparate domains. The book delves deep into the historical roots of art and ritual, illustrating their intertwined evolution through the lens of ancient Greek drama, particularly the festivals of Dionysus. It challenges modern ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Ancient Art and Ritual

    Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.Ancient Art and Ritual discusses ancient Greek sculpture, art, and dance. ... Read more

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