Sparta - Mt. Taygetus, haunt of Artemis
GreekReligion.org gathers resources for the study and understanding of all aspects of ancient Greek religion: the gods and their cults, sanctuaries and sacred sites, festivals and ritual, oracles and divination, myth and the primary texts. Everything here has been carefully selected to be as reliable, informative and authoritative as possible.
- Reading Schedule The core texts and a week-by-week schedule for study.
- Aphormai ‘Jumping-off points’ - prompts and checklists keyed to the main topics.
- Papers Guidance on the written paper: topic, length, citation and style.
- Exams How the mid-term and final are structured and assessed.
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- Lycosura - Sanctuary of Despoina The temple of the Great Goddess of Arcadia and its remarkable sacred law.
- Kalymnos The sanctuary of Apollo and the sculptures recently found on the island.
- Herms The boundary-markers of Hermes: images, inscriptions and meaning.
- Perseus Art & Archaeology Catalog
- Isthmia - sanctuary of Poseidon
- Hellenic Ministry of Culture - sites
- Theoi Project A good collection of primary sources, textual and iconographic.
- Parada: Greek Mythology Link
- Eleusinian Mysteries A full collection and citation of the texts.
- Ancient Divination & Astrology
- Herms & Hermes
- Perseus Digital Library Greek and English texts of most major authors.
- MIT Internet Classics Archive
- Project Gutenberg
- Smith’s Dictionary of Greek & Roman Biography & Mythology
- Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
- Inside the Sanctuary of Despoina at Lycosura: The Mysteries of Arcadia’s Great Goddess Sanctuaries & Sacred Sites · 10 February 2016
- A Reader’s Path Through Greek Religion: Building a Core Library Myth & Literature · 15 November 2015
- Tyche and the Greek Art of Fortune: Chance, Lots, and the Will of the Gods Fate, Fortune & Divination · 18 September 2015
- When It Rained Statues on Kalymnos: A Sanctuary of Apollo Resurfaces Sanctuaries & Sacred Sites · 10 May 2015
