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- Traditional and Cosmic Gods in Later Plato and the Early Academy
- Cambridge Classical Studies
- Traditional and Cosmic Gods in Later Plato and the Early Academy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Plato’s Theogony
- Chapter 2 Plato’s Anthropogony and Politogony
- Chapter 3 Plato on Divinity and Morality
- Chapter 4 Cosmic Religion in the Early Academy
- Conclusions
- References
- Index Locorum
- Subject Index
- References
References
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Book contents
- Traditional and Cosmic Gods in Later Plato and the Early Academy
- Cambridge Classical Studies
- Traditional and Cosmic Gods in Later Plato and the Early Academy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Plato’s Theogony
- Chapter 2 Plato’s Anthropogony and Politogony
- Chapter 3 Plato on Divinity and Morality
- Chapter 4 Cosmic Religion in the Early Academy
- Conclusions
- References
- Index Locorum
- Subject Index
- References
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