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What is a god? : studies in the nature of Greek divinity / editor, Alan B. Lloyd

Eleven essays examine Greek religious thought from its Minoan and Mycenaean origins to its classical centre. The collection explores links with non-Greek Asia alongside specific studies of major deities and the thought of Heraclitus, Herodotus and Sophocles.
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