Greek Mysteries

By Michael B. Cosmopoulos (editor),

Book cover of Greek Mysteries: The Archaeology of Ancient Greek Secret Cults

Book description

Written by an international team of acknowledged experts, this excellent book studies a wide range of contributions and showcases new research on the archaeology, ritual and history of Greek mystery cults.

With a lack of written evidence that exists for the mysteries, archaeology has proved central to explaining their significance…

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1 author picked Greek Mysteries as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Greek Mysteries brings together a collection of essays on a variety of specialist topics related to the ancient mystery cults. Written by some of the world’s leading scholars, many of these essays were originally published in academic journals and are therefore appropriate for a more scholarly readership. That said, this important work provides the perfect entry into contemporary academic scholarship on the mysteries.  

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