Review: Greek Religion by Walter Burkert

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Introduction

00:00 • 4min

2

I'll Be Covering a Book About Greek Religion

03:43 • 2min

3

Are the Greek Gods Personifications of Ideas?

05:25 • 4min

4

Polytheism as a Syncratic World of Gods

09:43 • 2min

5

The Origins of Greek Myths and Mythology

11:59 • 3min

6

The Mythology of Ancient Pagan Religions

15:04 • 4min

7

The Myth of Zeus

18:55 • 2min

8

Polytheism and Its Effect on the Study of the Humanities

20:32 • 4min

9

Is There an Impetus to Intellectual Creativity?

24:18 • 2min

10

The Structure of the Polytheistic System in the Greeks

25:53 • 4min

11

Homer's Criticism of the Homeric Gods

29:57 • 2min

12

The Greek Religion Is the Foundation of Moral Order

31:50 • 2min

13

The Origin of Morality in Mythology and Ritual

33:52 • 3min

14

Polytheism and the Greek Religion

36:34 • 4min

15

The Immorality of the Greek Gods

40:36 • 4min

16

Is There a Single Moral Code?

44:36 • 3min

17

The Role of the Sexes in Polytheistic Society

47:40 • 3min

18

Polytheism and Its Importance

50:35 • 4min

19

The Role of the Poets

54:10 • 4min

20

Athena, the Greek Goddess of War, Craft and Craftsmanship

58:32 • 6min

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Is It Possible to See Athena as the Goddess of the State?

01:04:28 • 3min