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Robert C.T. Parker

Author of Miasma: Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion

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Works by Robert C.T. Parker

Miasma: Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion (1983) 54 copies

On Greek Religion (2011) 47 copies

Athenian Religion: A History (1996) 39 copies

Polytheism and Society at Athens (2005) 30 copies

Greek Gods Abroad: Names, Natures, and Transformations (Volume 72) (Sather Classical Lectures) (2017) 23 copies

The Early Greek Alphabets: Origin, Diffusion, Uses (2021) — Editor — 7 copies

Changing Names: Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Greek Onomastics (Proceedings of the British Academy) (2019) — Editor — 4 copies

Personal Names in Ancient Anatolia (2013) 2 copies

On Greek Religion (Cornell Studies in Classical Philology Book 60) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Oxford History of the Classical World (1986) 1,227 copies, 2 reviews

The Oxford History of Greece & the Hellenistic World (1986) — Contributor, some editions — 776 copies, 4 reviews

The Greek World (1997) — Contributor — 69 copies

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law (2005) — Contributor — 45 copies

Sparta (2001) — Contributor — 33 copies, 1 review

Interpretations of Greek Mythology (Routledge Revivals) (1987) — Contributor — 27 copies

The Long March: Xenophon and the Ten Thousand (2004) — Contributor — 25 copies

Athenian Democratic Origins: and other essays (2004) — Editor — 20 copies

Classical Sparta: Techniques Behind Her Success (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture) (1989) — Contributor — 17 copies, 1 review

A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World) (2015) — Contributor — 16 copies

Gilbert Murray reassessed Hellenism, theatre, and international politics (2007) — Contributor — 12 copies

Cults and Rites in Ancient Greece: Essays on Religion and Society (2014) — Contributor — 11 copies

War and Violence in Ancient Greece (2000) — Contributor — 11 copies

Reason and Religion in Socratic Philosophy (2000) — Contributor — 11 copies

Interpreting the Athenian empire (2009) — Editor — 10 copies

The Athenian Empire (Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World) (2008) — Contributor — 8 copies

Athenian Myths and Festivals: Aglauros, Erechtheus, Plynteria, Panathenaia, Dionysia (2011) — Editor — 7 copies

Greek Tragedy and the Historian (1997) — Contributor — 6 copies

Reciprocity in Ancient Greece (1998) — Contributor — 6 copies

The Politics of Ethnicity and the Crisis of the Peloponnesian League (Hellenic Studies Series) (2009) — Contributor — 6 copies

Early Greek cult practice : proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 26-29 June, 1986 (1988) — Contributor — 5 copies

The Law and the Courts in Ancient Greece (2004) — Contributor — 5 copies

Herodotus and His World: Essays from a Conference in Memory of George Forrest (2003) — Editor — 5 copies

Greek Personal Names: Their Value as Evidence (2000) — Contributor — 5 copies

Epigraphy and the Historical Sciences (2012) — Contributor — 4 copies

Crux : essays in Greek history presented to G.E.M. de Ste. Croix on his 75th birthday (1985) — Contributor — 4 copies

Kykeon: Studies in Honour of H.S. Versnel (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) (2002) — Contributor — 4 copies

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Birthdate: 1950
Gender: male

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Choice Outstanding Academic Title

On Greek Religion (Religion – 2011)

London Hellenic Prize

Polytheism and Society at Athens (2005)

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Members: 207
Popularity: #106,919
Rating: 3.8

ISBNs: 25

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