The work that the reader has in his hands a compilation of favorite texts of the author, Karl Kerenyi, on key aspects of ancient religion. Published between 1939 and 1969, were compiled by the author, one of the foremost scholars of mythology and religion of ancient Greece bequeathed to us the last century._x000D_
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The author draws sharply the essential features of Greek and Roman religions: the feast, sacrifice, the temple mythology. With a subtle and transparent style delves into the relationship of humans with the divine through sacrifice, illuminates this relationship through the laughter of the gods, defines what is the temple, determines what is theos in Greek ("something happens "), traces the figure of Zeus, and also outlines the differences between religions and respect others as Jewish and Christian.