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Start by marking Five Stages of Greek Religion as Want to Read . I first read about this book in Bertrand Russell's references in History of Western Philosophy, and now Gilbert Murray also lead me to other fascinating works, such as Jane Harrison's Prolegomena.

Start by marking Five Stages of Greek Religion as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. So, yes, I definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in religion, history and anthropology.

Murray's book should be the standard work on the subject. This small volume is the outgrowth of a lecture series given before the First World War. Murray traces the growth and development of Greek religion from it's beginnings in prehistorical animism to the full flowering of the major schools of philosophy, and thence to their extinction. Murray explores the irrational, Dionysic strand that emerged independantly of the Olympian mythos, and shows how both predate Homer

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In revising the Four Stages of Greek Religion I have found myself obliged to change its name

In revising the Four Stages of Greek Religion I have found myself obliged to change its name. I felt there was a gap in the story. In some ways characteristically Greek, in others it is so typical of similar stages of thought elsewhere that one is tempted to regard it as the normal beginning of all religion, or almost as the normal raw material out of which religion is made.

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Gilbert Murray was one of the century's most important scholars of Greek history and culture, and his book is a classic. The eloquent chapters on the rise of ion are the most memorable "Five Stages of Greek Religion. In this outgrowth of a lecture series given before the First World War, Murray traces the growth and development of Greek religion from its beginnings in prehistorical animism to the full flowering of the major schools of philosophy, and thence to their extinction. Murray explores the irrational, Dionysic strand that emerged independently of the Olympian mythos, showing how both predate Homer.

Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015. author: Murray Gilbert d. ate. te: 2003-09-17 d. citation: 1925 d. dentifier: Librarian, Rashtrapati Bhavan d. dentifier. origpath: /data d. copyno: 1 d.

George Gilbert Aimé Murray, OM (2 January 1866 – 20 May 1957) was an Australian-born British classical scholar and public intellectual, with connections in many spheres. George Gilbert Aimé Murray, OM (2 January 1866 – 20 May 1957) was an Australian-born British classical scholar and public intellectual, with connections in many spheres.

Five stages of. Greek religion. The United States and the War. By Gilbert Murray. Great Britain's Sea Policy A Reply to an American Critic reprinted from 'The Atlantic Monthly'. The Story of Nefrekepta from a demotic papyrus. Andromache A Play in Three Acts. Euripides and His Age.