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Ancient Pathways and Hidden Pursuits: Religion, Morals, and Magic in the Ancient World
"Ancient Pathways and Hidden Pursuits collects essays by classicist Georg Luck, published over the years in periodicals and handbooks. They deal with the various aspects of Greco-Roman life and thought, especially with religious beliefs, occult…
The Pre-Platonic Philosphers
"The Pre-Platonic Philosophers reproduces the text of a lecture series delivered by the young Friedrich Nietzsche (then a philologist) at the University of Basel between 1872 and 1876. In these lectures, Nietzsche surveys the Greek philosophers from…
Damascius' Problems and Solutions Concerning First Principles
"Damascius was head of the Neoplatonist academy in Athens when the Emperor Justinian shut its doors forever in 529. His work, Problems and Solutions Concerning First Principles, is the last surviving independent philosophical treatise from the Late…
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter: Translation, Commentary, and Interpretive Essays
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, composed in the late seventh or early sixth century B.C.E., is a key to understanding the psychological and religious world of ancient Greek women. The poem tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess…
a Study of the Doctrine of Metempsychosis in Greece: from Pythagoras to Plato
"A dissertation presented to the faculty of Princeton University in candidacy for the degree of doctor of philosophy"