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Civic Rites explores the religious origins of Western democracy by examining the government of fifth-century BCE Athens in the larger context of ancient Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. Deftly combining history, politics, and religion to weave together stories of democracy's first leaders and critics, Nancy Evans gives readers a contemporary's perspective on Athenian society. She vividly depicts the physical environment and the ancestral rituals that nourished the people of the earliest democratic state, demonstrating how religious concerns were embedded in Athenian governmental processes. The book's lucid portrayals of the best-known Athenian festivals-honoring Athena, Demeter, and Dionysus-offer a balanced view of Athenian ritual and illustrate the range of such customs in fifth-century Athens.

Democracy --- Religion and politics --- History --- Religious aspects --- Athens (Greece) --- Greece --- Politics and government. --- Politics and government --- Religion. --- alcibiades. --- ancient greece. --- athena. --- athenian life. --- athens. --- civic life. --- classical greece. --- demeter. --- democracy. --- democratic institutions. --- dionysus. --- festivals and games. --- greek gods. --- greek scholars. --- incantation. --- institutional religion. --- polytheism. --- private spheres. --- profaning of eleusinian mysteries. --- public spheres. --- religion and politics. --- religious cults. --- religious practices. --- retrospective. --- rites and rituals. --- ritual sacrifice. --- trial of socrates. --- world religion.

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Lewis Richard Farnell's The Cults of the Greek States, first published between 1896 & 1909, disentangles classical Greek mythology & religion, since the latter had often been overlooked by 19th-century English scholars. Farnell describes the cults of the most significant Greek gods in order to establish their zones of influence, & outlines the personality, monuments, & ideal types associated with each deity. He also resolutely avoids the question of divine origins & focuses instead on the culture surrounding each cult, a position which initially drew some criticism, but which allowed him more space to analyse the religious practices themselves. Written to facilitate a comparative approach to Greek gods, his work is still regularly cited today for its impressive collection of data about the worship of the most popular deities.

Cults --- History --- Zeus --- Hera --- Athena --- Greece --- Religion --- Alternative religious movements --- Cult --- Cultus --- Marginal religious movements --- New religions --- New religious movements --- NRMs (Religion) --- Religious movements, Alternative --- Religious movements, Marginal --- Religious movements, New --- Religions --- Sects --- Athene --- Pallas --- Parthenos --- Pallas Athēnē --- Minerva --- Era --- Gera --- Héire --- Hērē --- Ἥρα --- Ἥρη --- هيرا --- Гера --- Хера --- 헤라 --- הרה --- ヘーラー --- 赫拉 --- Juno --- Ζεύς --- Δίας --- Dias --- Зевс --- Zevs --- زيوس --- Zīyūs --- Зеўс --- Zeŭso --- Seus --- 제우스 --- Cheusŭ --- Seifur --- זאוס --- Zeu --- Dzeusas --- Zeusz --- Żews --- ゼウス --- Zeusu --- Zeusi --- זעאוס --- 宙斯 --- Zhousi --- al-Yūnān --- Ancient Greece --- Ellada --- Ellas --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grčija --- Grèce --- Grecia --- Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Griechenland --- Hellada --- Hellas --- Hellenic Republic --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Kingdom of Greece --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Xila --- Yaṿan --- Yūnān --- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία --- Ελλάς --- Ελλάδα --- Греция --- اليونان --- يونان --- 希腊 --- Jupiter