title: Greek Religion (New Surveys in the Classics No. 24)
author:  Jan N. Bremmer 
description: In this brief but highly informative book Jan Bremmer presents an outline of Greek religion in the classical period. After a survey of the main characteristics of Greek religion, he offers a clear and innovative view of the great gods, heroes and also the main myths, rituals and mysteries.
zlib_text: Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion
  
  The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/rssr
  Research in the Social Scientific 
  Study of Religion
  Edited by
  Andrew Village  
  Ralph W. Hood Jr.
  VOLUME 29
  
  LEIDEN | BOSTON
  Research in the Social Scientific 
  Study of Religion
  Edited by
  Andrew Village and Ralph W. Hood Jr.
  
  The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available online at http://catalog.loc.gov
  LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/89650738
  Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface.
  issn 1046-8064
  isbn 978-90-04-38263-3 (hardback)
  isbn 978-90-04-38264-0 (e-book)
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