Gilbert Murray and Greek Religion *
Gilbert Murray and Greek Religion *
This chapter discusses Murray's writing on Greek religion between 1907 and 1915, showing how he saw in it as imaginative ideal which reflected was his in own mixture of rationalism and aspirational agnosticism. The following works — A History of Ancient Greek Literature, The Rise of the Greek Epic, and Four Stages in Greek Religion — are analysed.
Keywords: Greek religion, religion, rationalism, aspirational agnosticism, Greek literature
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