Hellenistic religions : : the age of syncretism / [electronic resource] / edited, with an introduction, by Frederick C. Grant.. — 1st ed.. — Indianapolis : : Bobbs-Merrill,, c1953.. — xxxix, 196 p. ; 21 cm. — (The Library of liberal arts ;) no. 134.
Includes bibliographical references.
Institutional religion. Sacred histories, foundations, and votive offerings ; Sacred laws : rules for priesthoods, initiations, and sacrifices ; Religious practices and beliefs -- The criticism of traditional religion -- Cults. Orphism ; Oriental cults ; Egyptian cults ; Attis and Mithras -- Religious ideas of the philosophers. Cleanthes ; Epictetus on providence ; Epicurus on human happiness and the gods ; Diogenes : a philosophical testament ; Dio Chrysostom's Olympic oration ; Alexander on topics in praise of God ; Maximus on the use of images ; Plotinus ; Hymns of Proclus ; Iamblichus ; Salustius concerning the gods and the universe.