Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries

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Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries
"One oi the foremost archaeologists of our time, the man who pla/ed a major role in the final excavations at the^ great religious center of Eleusis, presents in this handsome volume 'a general account of the sanctuary and the Eleusinian cult for the student and the interested layman alike.' . . . This is a book which practically every classicist^^n the land will want to read."—The Classical Outlook
'Tew arclieological sites have so much material, so much interest, so many problems, in such close concentration, as Eleusis. The tremendous value of this book is that it presents the whole picture, including most of the details, in a brief but solid treatment. . . . Professor Mylonas collects, assimilates, and interprets it all: the legends and history of the sanctuary and cult, the development architecturally from Mycenaean through Roman times, the evidence pertaining to the myth and rites from archeology and literature. . .... Tovább

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archaeology religion
Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries
"One oi the foremost archaeologists of our time, the man who pla/ed a major role in the final excavations at the^ great religious center of Eleusis, presents in this handsome volume 'a general account of the sanctuary and the Eleusinian cult for the student and the interested layman alike.' . . . This is a book which practically every classicist^^n the land will want to read."—The Classical Outlook
'Tew arclieological sites have so much material, so much interest, so many problems, in such close concentration, as Eleusis. The tremendous value of this book is that it presents the whole picture, including most of the details, in a brief but solid treatment. . . . Professor Mylonas collects, assimilates, and interprets it all: the legends and history of the sanctuary and cult, the development architecturally from Mycenaean through Roman times, the evidence pertaining to the myth and rites from archeology and literature. . . . The book is a marvel of concentration. . . ."— Robert Scranton, Classical Philology
"Both scholar and student, as well as the casually interested reader, have been placed in everlasting debt to a man whose patience, perseverance, and unquestioned scholarship have produced an intriguing volume of inestimable worth to the present and succeeding generations."—L. A. Brown, Journal of Religious Thought
": . . no serious student of Greek religion, archaeology, or history can afford to neglect this book."—^Joseph Fonten-rose, American Journal of Philology
George E. Mylonas is Director of the Excavations of Mycenae, a Member of the Academy of Athens, and Rosa May Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
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