Journal of Cognitive Historiography, Vol 4, No 1 (2017)

Strangers in a Strange Land No More: Introducing the Book Review Symposium Section and Jennifer Larson’s Understanding Greek Religion (2016)

Leonardo Ambasciano, Panayotis Pachis
Issued Date: 4 Dec 2018

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