Ancient greek cults

List of illustrations

Preface and acknowledgments

Frontispiece maps

1. Methods, sources, and concepts for the study of ancient Greek cults

2. Progenitor and king: Zeus

3. Lady of grand temples: Hera

4. Mistress of citadels: Athena

5. Ruler of elemental powers: Poseidon

6. Mistresses of grain and souls: Demeter and Kore/Persephone

7. Guarding and guiding the city: Apollo

8. The tender and the savage: Artemis

9. The persuasive goddess: Aphrodite

10. Epiphany and transformation: Dionysos

11. Dear to the people: Hermes, Pan, and nature deities

12. Divine specialists: other Panhellenic deities

13. Strangers and indigenes: latecomer and regional deities

14. Anomalous immortals: hero-gods and heroine-goddesses

15. The powerful dead: heroes and heroines

Notes

Bibliography

Index of primary sources

Index of divine, heroic, and mythic figures

General index