Primary Sources – Books on Greek Religion

Adkins, Lesley and Roy. Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece
Albinus, Lars. The House of Hades: Studies in Ancient Greek Eschatology
Alcock, Susan. Placing the Gods: Sanctuaries and Sacred Space in Ancient Greece
Anderson, Florence B. Religious Cults Associated with the Amazons
Anderson, Warren D. Music and Musicians in Ancient Greece
Avagianou, Aphrodite. Sacred Marriage in the Rituals of Greek Religion
Bendlin, Andreas, ed. A Companion to Greek Religion
Bevan, Edwyn. Sibyls and Seers: A Survey of Some Ancient Theories of Revelation and Inspiration
Bevan, Elinor. Representations of Animals in Sanctuaries of Artemis and Other Olympian Deities
Blundell, Sue, ed. The Sacred and the Feminine in Ancient Greece
Bookidis, Nancy. Demeter and Persephone in Ancient Corinth
Borgeaud, Philippe. The Cult of Pan in Ancient Greece
Bremmer, Jan. The Early Greek Concept of the Soul
Broad, William J. The Oracle: The Lost Secrets and Hidden Message of Ancient Delphi
Brown, Norman Oliver. Hermes the Thief: The Evolution of a Myth
Brumfield, Allaire Chandor. The Attic Festivals of Demeter and Their Relation to the Agricultural Year
Burkert, Walter. Ancient Mystery Cults
Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion
Burkert, Walter. Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth
Burkert, Walter. Savage Energies: Lessons of Myth and Ritual in Ancient Greece
Burkert, Walter. Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual
Buxton, Richard. Oxford Readings in Greek Religion
Campbell, Lewis. Religion in Greek Literature
Cole, Susan Guettel. Theoi Megaloi: The Cult of the Great Gods at Samothrace
Cole, Susan Guettel. Landscapes, Gender and Ritual Space: The Ancient Greek Experience
Connelly, Joan Breton. Portrait of a Priestess: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece
Cornford, Francis. Greek Religious Thought, From Homer to the Age of Alexander
Cosmopoulos, Michael B. Greek Mysteries: The Archaeology and Ritual of Ancient Greek Secret Cults
Detienne, Marcel. The Cuisine of Sacrifice Among the Greeks
Detienne, Marcel. Dionysos at Large
Detienne, Marcel. Dionysos Slain
Dillon, Matthew. Pilgrims and Pilgrimage in Ancient Greece
Dillon, Matthew. Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion
Dodd, David, and Christopher Faraone, eds. Initiation in Ancient Greek Rituals and Narratives: New Critical Perspectives
Dodds, E.R. The Greeks and the Irrational
Dow, Sterling. A Sacred Calendar of Eleusis
Dowden, Ken. Death and the Maiden: Girls’ Initiation Rites in Greek Mythology
Dowden, Ken. Zeus (Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World Series)
Edelstein, Emma Jeannette. Asclepius: A Collection and Interpretation of the Testimonies
Ekroth, Gunnel. The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the early Hellenistic Periods
Evans, Arthur. The God of Ecstasy: Sex-Roles and the Madness of Dionysos
Faraone, Christopher. Ancient Greek Love Magic
Faraone, Christopher. Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion
Farnell, Lewis Richard. The Cults of the Greek States
Ferguson, John. Among the Gods: An Archaeological Exploration of Ancient Greek Religion
Festugiere, A.J. Personal Religion Among the Greeks
Flaceliere, Robert. Greek Oracles
Furley, William D. and Jan Maarten Bremer. Greek Hymns: Selected Cult Songs from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Period
Furley, William D. Studies in the Use of Fire in Ancient Greek Religion
Garland, Robert. The Greek Way of Death
Garland, Robert. The Greek Way of Life
Gershenson, Daniel. Apollo the Wolf God
Goff, Barbara. Citizen Bacchae: Women’s Ritual Practice in Ancient Greece
Graf, Fritz. Apollo (Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World Series)
Graf, Fritz. Magic in the Ancient World
Green, JR. Theatre in Ancient Greek Society
Grimal, Pierre. The Dictionary of Classical Mythology
Guthrie, W.K.C. Orpheus and Greek Religion
Guthrie, W.K.C. The Greeks and Their Gods
Hagg, Robin, ed. Ancient Greek Cult Practice from the Archaeological Evidence
Hagg, Robin, ed. Ancient Greek Hero Cult
Hagg, Robin, ed. Greek Sanctuaries: New Approaches
Halliday, W.R. Greek Divination: A Study of its Methods and Principles
Hamilton, Richard. Choes and Anthesteria: Athenian Iconography and Ritual
Harrison, Jane. Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion
Harrison, Jane. Themis: A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion
Herington, C.J. Athena Parthenos and Athena Polias: A Study in the Religion of Periclean Athens
Johnston, Sarah Iles. Hekate Soteira: A Study of Hekate’s Role in the Chaldean Oracles and Related Literature
Johnston, Sarah Iles. Mantike: Studies in Ancient Divination
Johnston, Sarah Iles. The Restless Dead: Encounters between the Living and the Dead in Ancient Greece
Kerenyi, Karl. Apollo: The Wind, the Spirit and the God
Kerenyi, Karl. Asklepios: Archetypal Image of the Physician’s Existence
Kerenyi, Karl. Athene: Virgin and Mother in Greek Religion
Kerenyi, Karl. Dionysus: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life
Kerenyi, Karl. Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter
Kerenyi, Karl. Gods of the Greeks
Kerenyi, Karl. Hermes: Guide of Souls
Kerenyi, Karl. Zeus and Hera: Archetypal Image of Father, Husband and Wife
Kingsley, Peter. Ancient Mystery, Magic and Religion
Kingsley, Peter. In the Dark Places of Wisdom
Kingsley, Peter. Reality
Kurtz, Donna and John Boardman, Greek Burial Customs
Larson, Jennifer. Ancient Greek Cults: A Guide
Larson, Jennifer. Greek Heroine Cults
Larson, Jennifer. Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Lore
Lawson, John Cuthbert. Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion
LiDonnici, Lynn R. The Epidaurian Miracle Inscriptions
Lonsdale, Steven. Dance and Ritual Play in Greek Religion
Luck, Georg. Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Lupu, Eran. Greek Sacred Law: A Collection of New Documents
Mansfield, John Magruder. The Robe of Athena and the Panathenaic Peplos
Meyer, Marvin W, ed. The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts
Mikalson, Jon D. Ancient Greek Religion
Mikalson, Jon D. Athenian Popular Religion
Mikalson, Jon D. Honor Thy Gods: Popular Religion in Greek Tragedy
Miller, Robert Daniel. The Origin and Original Nature of Apollo
Murray, Gilbert. The Five Stages of Greek Religion
Neils, Jenifer. Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens
Neils, Jenifer. Worshipping Athena: Panathenaia and Parthenon
Nilsson, Martin. The Dionysiac Mysteries of the Hellenistic and Roman Age
Nilsson, Martin. Greek Folk Religion
Nilsson, Martin. Greek Piety
Nilsson, Martin. A History of Greek Religion
Ogden, Daniel. Greek and Roman Necromancy
Ogden, Daniel. Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Sourcebook
Otto, Walter F. Dionysus: Myth and Cult
Otto, Walter F. The Homeric Gods: The Spiritual Significance of Greek Religion
Padilla, Mark W., ed. Rites of Passage in Ancient Greece: Literature, Religion, Society
Paget, R.F. In the Footsteps of Orpheus: The Discovery of the Ancient Greek Underworld
Palmer, Leonard R. Mycenaeans and Minoans
Parke. H.W. Festivals of the Athenians
Parke. H.W. Greek Oracles
Parke, H.W. The Oracles of Apollo in Asia Minor
Parke, H.W. The Oracles of Zeus: Dodona, Olympia Ammon
Parke. H.W. Sibyls and Sibylline Prophecy in Classical Antiquity
Parker, Robert. Miasma: Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion
Parker, Robert. Polytheism and Society at Athens
Parsinou, Eva. The Light of the Gods: The Role of Light in Archaic and Classical Greek Cult
Peck, Elisabeth. A Study of the Greek Priestess
Pedley, John Griffiths. Sanctuaries and the Sacred in the Ancient Greek World
Pettersson, Michael. Cults of Apollo at Sparta: The Hyakinthia, the Gymnopaidiai and the Karneia
Pollard, John. Seers, Shrines and Sirens: The Greek Religious Revolution in the Sixth Century BC
Price, Simon. Religions of the Ancient Greeks
Price, Theodora. Kourotrophos: Cults and Representations of the Greek Nursing Deities
Proddow, Penelope. Demeter and Persephone: Homeric Hymn Number Two
Pulleyn, Simon. Prayer in Greek Religion
Rice, David Gerard. Sources for the Study of Greek Religion
Rohde, Erwin. Psyche: The Cult of Souls and Belief in Immortality Among the Greeks
Roller, Lynn. In Search of God the Mother: The Cult of Anatolian Cybele
Ronan, Stephen. The Goddess Hekate
Rosenzweig, Rachel. Worshipping Aphrodite: Art and Cult in Classical Athens
Rosivach, Vincent J. The System of Public Sacrifice in Fourth-Century Athens
Rouse, W.H.D. Greek Votive Offerings: An Essay in the History of Greek Religion
Scully, Vincent. The Earth, the Temple and the Gods: Greek Sacred Architecture
Seaford, Richard. Dionysos (Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World Series)
Segal, Charles. Dionysiac Poetics and Euripides’ Bacchae
Sergent, Bernard. Homosexuality in Greek Myth
Sfameni, Gasparro. Soteriology and Mystic Aspects in the Cult of Cybele and Attis
Shaw, Gregory. Theurgy and the Soul: The Neoplatonism of Iamblichus
Simon, Erika. Festivals of Attica
Sissa, Giulia and Marcel Detienne. The Daily Life of the Greek Gods
Slater, Philip Elliot. The Glory of Hera: Greek Mythology and the Greek Family
Sourvinou-Inwood, Christine. Hylas, the Nymphs, Dionysos and Others: Myth, Ritual, Ethnicity
Sourvinou-Inwood, Christine. Tragedy and Athenian Religion
Spawforth, Tony. The Complete Greek Temples
Van Straten, F.T. Hiera Kala: Images of Animal Sacrifice in Archaic and Classical Greece
Vermaseren, M.J. Cybele, Attis and Related Cults
Vernant, Pierre. Myth and Tragedy in Ancient Greece
Versnel, H.S. Faith, Hope and Worship: Aspects of Religious Mentality in the Ancient World
Von Rudloff, Ilmo Robert. Hekate in Ancient Greek Religion
West. M.L. The Orphic Poems
Willetts, R.F. Cretan Cults and Festivals
Zaidman, Louise Bruit. Religion in the Ancient Greek City