Based on lectures about Greek mythology given in Berkeley in spring 1977 as part of the Sather Lectures series. "The thesis of these lectures is, in short, that

"Tantalizingly rich . . . this is a splendid book."--Greece and Rome "Burken relegates his learned documentation to the notes and writes in a lively and fluent

“A handy introduction to some of the more useful methodological approaches to and the previous scholarship on the subject of Greek myths.” —Phoenix Since

A survey of the religious beliefs of ancient Greece covers sacrifices, libations, purification, gods, heroes, the priesthood, oracles, festivals, and the afterl

"Greek Religion . . . already has the standing of a classic, and the publication of an English version, which incorporates new material and is in effect a secon