LÉVÊQUE, P., and L. SÉCHAN, — Les grandes divinités de la Grèce.

Armand Colin, Paris, 1990. 2nd enlarged ed. 442p. ills.(B&W line drawings). Paperback. Spine with some reading traces, causing a little bit loosening of plastic 'Two opening chapters are devoted to a brief discussion of the nature of the gods in general, and to 'Les adieux primordial et l'humanité primitive.' Then seventeen chapters follow in which the main facts and theories about the leading Greek deities, their cults, attributes, myths, and also origins and development are presented. The authors are able to mention the various types of interpretation that have been put forward, whilst retaining a reasonably balanced and objective standpoint. At the same time, there is much that one misses here, which a historical or more broadly-based approach might have offered (...). In general, however, the book is well balanced, and it will prove a useful and informative source of reference to basic material and recent work on Greek religion. It has extensive indexes.' (N.J. RICHARDSON on the first edition in The Classical Review (New Series), 1969, pp.355-356).