The Cults of the Greek States is a series of works by Lewis Richard Farnell, D.
[1] The work, as Farnell freely states in his preface, is indebted to Frazer's The Golden Bough, which generated a whole new way of studying and analysing religion, i.e. comparatively and abstractly.
[citation needed] The five volumes are in a sense incomplete since they lack "an account of the cults of the dead and the worship of heroes".
[2] Nonetheless, Farnell's magnum opus continues to be used as an aid in the study of ancient Greek religion.
[3] The fifth, and final, volume focuses on Hermes, Dionysus, Hestia, Hephaestus, Ares and minor cults.