Collected Writings on the Gods and the World

TTS vol 4 – Translations of Sallust, Taurus, Demophilus, Firmicus Maternus, Ocellus Lucanus, Julian, Proclus and Synesius, with essays by Thomas Taylor on mythology and theology.

This presents several texts dealing with the philosophic view of The Gods and their providential relationship with manifestation. It includes, – Sallust, On The Gods and the World; The Pythagoric Sentences of Demophilus; Taurus, On the Eternity of the World; The Thema Mundi of Julius Firmicus Maternus; Ocellus Lucanus On the Nature of the Universe and On Laws; The Emperor Julian’s Oration to the Mother of the Gods; and To the Sovereign Sun; Theorems of Proclus, Synesius’ On Providence; and two essays by Taylor, On the Mythology of the Greeks; and On the Theology of the Greeks. An indispensable and accessible introduction to Greek theology.

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