Download or read book Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Religious Experience written by Esther Eidinow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-11 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the religious rituals and beliefs of ancient Greece and Rome, using modern research into human cognition to better understand the experiences of men and women. Integrates literary, epigraphic, visual and archaeological evidence. Accessible to those without prior knowledge either of cognitive theory or of the ancient world.