title: Greek Religion and Society
author: Easterling/Muir/Finley
description: This collection of essays considers many aspects of Greek civil life and reveals how religion manifested itself in institutions, art and literature. Clarifies the more puzzling and elusive elements by tracing the attitudes that lay behind the manifold cults and customs.
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  The Greek View of Life
  
  
  PREFACE
  
  LIST OF TRANSLATIONS USED
  
  
  [CHAPTER I. THE GREEK VIEW OF
  RELIGION](The%20Greek%20View%20of%20Life_split_001.html#filepos17998)
  
  
    
    
  [Section 1.
  Introductory.](The%20Greek%20View%20of%20Life_split_001.html#filepos18115)  
    
  [Section 2. Greek Religion an Interpretation of
  
  
  Nature.  
    
  [Section 3. Greek Religion an Interpretation of the
  
  
  Human Passions.  
    
  [Section 4. Greek Religion the Foundation of
  
  
  Society.  
    
  [Section 5. Religious
  Festivals.](The%20Greek%20View%20of%20Life_split_001.html#filepos38061)  
    
  [Section 6. The Greek Conception of the Relation of
  
  
  Man to the Gods.  
    
  [Section 7. Divination, Omens,
  Oracles.](The%20Greek%20View%20of%20Life_split_001.html#filepos53486)  
    
  [Section 8. Sacrifice and
  Atonement.](The%20Greek%20View%20of%20Life_split_001.html#filepos58469)  
    
  [Section 9. Guilt and
  Punishment.](The%20Greek%20View%20of%20Life_split_001.html#filepos63579)  
    