Miasma: Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion (Clarendon Paperbacks)
Book Details
Author(s)
Parker, Robert
Publisher
Clarendon Press
ISBN / ASIN
0198147422
ISBN-13
9780198147428
Availability
In Stock.
Sales Rank
#1,180,742
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Description
Most of the commonly read Greek texts address "pollution". The pollution theme appears in tragedies, historical texts, and political oratory. Purity is a constant concern in ritual texts, and Greeks underwent many small purifications in their everyday lives. Certain archaic religious movements even made "purification" the path to felicity in the afterlife. First published in 1983, Miasma is the first work in English to treat this theme in detail.
