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100 1 _aMoore, Clifford Herschel,
_d1866-1931
245 1 4 _aThe Religious Thought of the Greeks, from Homer to the Triumph of Christianity
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2017
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2017-03-21
508 _aProduced by Sonya Schermann, Paul Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Religious Thought of the Greeks, from Homer to the Triumph of Christianity" by Clifford Herschel Moore is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work compiles eight lectures that explore the evolution of Greek religious thought over a span of more than a thousand years. The focus lies on the Greeks' concepts regarding the deities, human obligations toward them, and the philosophical implications of their beliefs, culminating in the rise of Christianity. At the start of the lectures, Moore sets the groundwork by discussing the significance of the Homeric epics, notably the "Iliad" and "Odyssey," in shaping Greek religious identity. He outlines how these works not only served as entertainment but also played a crucial role in defining the characteristics and attributes of the gods in the early Greek religion. The author emphasizes the human-like qualities of the divine figures depicted in Homer, illustrating how they reflect both the virtues and flaws of humanity, while simultaneously acknowledging the limited power of the gods compared to fate and moral law. This introductory portion ultimately aims to establish a framework for further exploration of Greek religious thought as it transitions into new philosophical territories, including the introduction of Christianity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aGreece -- Religion
653 _aPhilosophy, Ancient
653 _aReligious thought -- To 600
653 _aReligious thought -- Greece
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54406
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