Project Gutenberg 2009-10-13 Public domain in the USA. 226 Murray, Gilbert 1866 1957 Murray, George Gilbert Aimé Murray, George Gilbert Aime 52009869 Five Stages of Greek Religion Saturnia Regna -- The Olympian conquest -- The great schools -- The failure of nerve -- The last protest -- Appendix: Translation of the treatise of Sallustius. Produced by David Garcia, David Newman, Juliet Sutherland, Lisa Reigel, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Five Stages of Greek Religion" by Gilbert Murray is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work explores the evolution and various phases of Greek religion, focusing on the transition from primitive beliefs to the more structured Olympian pantheon and beyond. Murray delves into the connections between ancient Greek religious practices and the broader themes of death, rebirth, and the cyclical nature of life, suggesting that many elements of Greek spirituality have influenced later religious traditions, particularly Christianity. At the start of this examination, the author reflects on the emotional and spiritual significance of religious practices among modern Greeks, particularly during Easter, drawing parallels to ancient rituals. He introduces the concept of the Year Gods—entities that symbolize cyclical death and rebirth like Dionysus and Osiris—explaining how these figures serve as embodiments of life and renewal. Murray outlines initial stages of Greek religious thought, from primitive worship through the Olympian era, and hints at an underlying complexity in the Greek relationship with divinity, suggesting that many of the elements seen in ancient beliefs may continue to resonate in contemporary religious practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Greece -- Religion BL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 622795 622818 2024-09-13T04:32:14.782775 2023-09-13T09:32:39.846594 text/html text/html 626611 2009-10-30T09:28:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 13501568 2009-10-30T09:29:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 14344466 2024-09-13T04:33:45.721805 application/epub+zip 14241246 2024-09-13T04:32:46.968129 application/epub+zip 291970 2024-09-13T04:32:16.431708 application/epub+zip 147278444 2024-09-13T04:34:10.193672 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 147148640 2024-09-13T04:33:08.687954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 486694 2022-09-14T05:15:47.057705 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 455619 2024-09-13T04:32:12.054815 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 459240 2009-10-14T10:50:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 184678 2009-10-14T10:50:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 454962 2009-10-14T10:50:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 181436 2009-10-14T10:50:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 454979 2009-10-14T10:50:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 180967 2009-10-14T10:50:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21901 2024-09-13T04:34:10.597617 application/rdf+xml 14949 2024-09-13T04:32:16.892709 image/jpeg 3643 2024-09-13T04:32:16.657705 image/jpeg 13555146 2024-09-13T04:32:15.418772 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia