Adonis Attis Osiris (Frazer, 1906)

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Between editions of The Golden Bough, J. G. Frazer (1854-1941) devoted this volume to the gods whose death and resurrection the ancient Mediterranean mourned and celebrated : Adonis in Syria and Cyprus, Attis in Phrygia, Osiris in Egypt. Myth, ritual, seasonal festivals and their survivals are traced with the immense erudition and the limpid prose that made Frazer one of the most influential — and most readable — anthropologists of his age.This is a faithful print-on-demand facsimile of the 1906 London (Macmillan) edition, reproduced in full from a library copy. The historical text is reproduced without modification; only the format, margins and legibility have been reset for modern printing.