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The Best Books on Ancient Greek and Roman Religion?
posted 5 months ago by RaceCreatesCulture on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +3Score on mirror )
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I'm looking to understand Ancient Greek and Roman religion more.

Does anyone have a good list of books that describe the religions?

I absolutely hate secondary sources that are not significantly cited with primary sources. I can't stand reading some author say some sort of commanding sentence like "the ancient Greeks used to sacrifice lambs then piss on the corpses to pay homage to the Gods". If something like that is said, I want it cited with exactly what primary source was used to draw that conclusion.

Anyone have any good recommendations for books?
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Enygger_Tzu on scored.co
5 months ago 2 points (+0 / -0 / +2Score on mirror ) 1 child
The good source is the first-hand source.

Read "Theogoneia" of Isiodos to start it off.

https://www.greek-language.gr/digitalResources/ancient_greek/library/browse.html?text_id=2&page=1
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RaceCreatesCulture on scored.co
5 months ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
Alright, I picked this up. Thanks.
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