Gilbert Murray 
Four Stages of Greek Religion [PDF ebook] 
Studies Based on a Course of Lectures Delivered in April 1912 at Columbia University

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The second may also be said to have grown out of Miss Harrison’s writings. She has by now made the title of Olympian almost a term of reproach, and thrown down so many a scornful challenge to the canonical gods of Greece, that I have ventured on this attempt to explain their historical origin and plead for their religious value. When the essay was already written I read Mr. Chadwick’s impressive book on fine Heroic Age (cambridge, and was delighted to find in an author whose standpoint and equipment are so different from mine so much that confirmed or clarified my own view.