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Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (Hardcover)
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Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (Hardcover)
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From the Archaic to the Roman imperial period, an impressive number
of gods and goddesses are attested in the Greek world under the
titles of Soter and Soteira ('Saviour'). Overseeing the protection
of individuals and cities, these gods had the power to grant an
essential blessing - soteria ('deliverance', 'preservation',
'safety'). This book investigates what it meant to be 'saved' and
the underlying concept of soteria in ancient Greece. It challenges
the prevailing assumption that soteria was a predominantly
Christian concern, and demonstrates instead its centrality and
significance in the relationship between the Greeks and their gods.
This book focuses on the power of 'saviour' gods in the life of the
Greeks, how worshippers searched for soteria as they confronted the
unknown and unknowable, and what this can reveal about the
religious beliefs, hopes, and anxieties of the Greeks. It goes
beyond religious vocabulary and cult epithets to investigate
worshippers' thought world and lived experience, the different
choices individuals made among the plurality of gods in the Greek
pantheon, the multiple levels on which divine 'saviours' operated,
and the values attached to the Greek notion of soteria. Building on
existing paradigms in the study of Greek polytheism, and combining
close analysis of epigraphic, literary and material evidence, this
book argues that soteria for the Greeks entailed a very different
experience from the Christian, eschatological notion of
'salvation', and that what was offered was 'salvation' on earth.
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