polytheism
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The opera ends with Akhnaten’s son, presumably Tutankhamun, restoring polytheism, and then, once the staging jumps millennia into the future, it’s rediscovered by modern-day tourists.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
This new religious culture resulted in the neglect of traditional Roman polytheism, and the empire’s eastward shift came at the expense of the western empire.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Before Constantine’s conversion, Christianity expanded through missionary work, which succeeded in founding congregations across the Empire but did not seriously disrupt polytheism or the Empire’s religious diversity.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
A tragicomedy about polytheism starring petty gods who complain like tired parents annoyed by their noisy children.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2014
His yearning love for the old polytheism and instinctive affinity with the Greek spirit did not at all blunt his relish of actualities.
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
