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A collection of papers with new insights on ancient religion, read at a colloquium in honour of Professor H.S. Versnel ("e;Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion"e;). The contributions, presented by nine leading scholars in the field, cover many areas of the religious experience of the Greeks and Romans: myth and ritual (W. Burkert), the gods (F. Zeitlin), cult, festivals, sacrifice. Several papers consider methodological problems and the progress of scholarship; they highlight the contribution of H.S. Versnel to the field. The papers are based on a wide range of sources: pagan and Christian, literary and epigraphical and iconographical.The collection will fascinate all scholars interested in ancient religion, whether they study malign magic, the Imperial cult or general theory.