Review: Greek Religion
User Review - Alford Wayman - GoodreadsWalter Burkert is an excellent writer and this book was well researched. Extensive notes in the back and references to other material on the topic. Burkert shows in many ways not only what the Greek ... Read full review
Review: Greek Religion
User Review - Susanne - GoodreadsTook me a bit to get through it. Some of the sections I found more relevant than others, but a very good overview of Greek paganism. Read full review
Review: Greek Religion
User Review - Matt - GoodreadsIf you have any kind of interest in Archaic and Classical religious practice of ancient Greece. Read. This. Book. It is amazingly informative, and while I have seen people comment on it's dense and ... Read full review
Review: Greek Religion
User Review - Eddy Allen - GoodreadsIn this book Walter Burkert, the most eminent living historian of ancient Greek religion, has produced the standard work for our time on that subject. First published in German in 1977, it has now ... Read full review
Review: Greek Religion
User Review - Jim - GoodreadsGreek Religion is not a particularly easy read, but it is an enlightening one. In fact, I would have a hard time envisioning a more useful one. The problem is in the multifarious nature of Greek ... Read full review
Review: Greek Religion
User Review - Rachel - GoodreadsI used this book as a text for a university subject I took in Ancient Greek and Roman religions. I only read the assigned chapters so I haven't read this book in full. It's not easy reading but it's content is interesting. I'll finish it one day. Read full review
Review: Greek Religion
User Review - Xenophon Hendrix - GoodreadsGreek Religion by Walter Burkert is not a book I can recommend to the casual reader. Assuming he doesn't have to read it for school, the potential reader should ask himself just how interested he is ... Read full review
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User Review - Veiltender - GoodreadsI know this book gets mixed reviews from the Classicists I know (OSU is one of the top schools for Classical religion), but it is the best entry level into the topic. Read full review
Review: Greek Religion
User Review - Robyn - GoodreadsHe's a "evolutionist" or "geneticist" historian (aka. I can prove it's super-old, my interpretation of what it means must be legit)... but I don't care. This book is a blast. I love how he slips in a ... Read full review
Review: Greek Religion
User Review - Jeremy - GoodreadsA fascinating account of the religious practice of the Greeks. It's a serious, scholarly work, translated from German. It has relatively little of the Greek mythology that we know from works like ... Read full review
