| Sumario: | Google Scholar Google Preview OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat COPAC 2 Bremmer, J. N. 2010: "Introduction: the Greek gods in the twentieth century", in Bremmer and Erskine 2010: 1 - 18. 3 - -, and A. Erskine (eds) 2010: The Gods of Ancient Greece: Identities and Transformations, Edinburgh. As the ancient historian Henk Versnel observes, while we may see a strong contrast between Vernant's and Burkert's descriptions of the gods, they both come to the same conclusion, that it is not possible to describe a god in isolation from other gods: 'While for Vernant the coexistence and relationships of gods are the I conditio sine qua non i for an individuation of each god, for Burkert the very same pluralist variety of gods and their transformations constitute the germs of the potentially chaotic nature of Greek polytheism.'[30] Chaos or coexistence? In the studies on specific gods in the series I Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World i (Deacy 2005 -), each begins by asking "why" the particular subject merits a book-long study, then traces key traits of that god before turning to the postclassical afterlife of the god.
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