Cretan Elements in the Cults and Ritual of Apollo

Download or read book Cretan Elements in the Cults and Ritual of Apollo written by Mary Hamilton Swindler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cretan Elements in the Cults and Ritual of Apollo: A Dissertation Recent excavations in Crete have placed in the forefront of Hellenic study the problem of determining what influences sur vived from the old Aegean religion in Hellenic worship. This debt which Greece owed to Crete is one that the ancients them selves recognized. Although the writers who mention this point did not have as an aid the monumental evidence which we possess, their testimony proves that myths and tradi tions survived in their time which recalled Cretan influ ence in religion no less than in institutions, laws, and art. Diodoros Siculus records the boast of the Cretans that most of the gods worshipped among men went from Crete to other lands, citing in particular, Zeus, Demeter, Aphrodite, Artemis and Apollo1 he notes also the claim that the mysteries had their origin among them and were communicated to Greece through their agency.' The Cretans undoubtedly overstated the case, even where the Greek gods are concerned. It is, however, undeniable that a certain element of truth lurks behind many of these traditions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.