Efrosyni Boutsikas, The Cosmos in Ancient Greek Religious Experience: Sacred Space, Memory, and Cognition
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Sacred Space, Memory, Cognition, Cosmos, Ancient Greek, Religious ExperienceAbstract
Efrosyni Boutsikas, The Cosmos in Ancient Greek Religious Experience: Sacred Space, Memory, and Cognition Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Hardback, 278 pp., ISBN 9781108769082. £75.00. Ebook £53.99.
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