Cyrus H. Gordon Quote

When a new religion supplants an old religion, the gods of the old often survive as the demons of the new.


Ch.VII Further Observations on Homer - The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962])


When a new religion supplants an old religion, the gods of the old often survive as the demons of the new.

When a new religion supplants an old religion, the gods of the old often survive as the demons of the new.

When a new religion supplants an old religion, the gods of the old often survive as the demons of the new.

When a new religion supplants an old religion, the gods of the old often survive as the demons of the new.