Screen LibraryPolytheism and society at Athens /
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2007 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=68019b24264f4fa4844affe6fd9c2878 |
| Item Description: | Originally published: 2005 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxxii, 544 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: |
9780191534522 9780199216116 |
| CLC: | B928.545 |
| Contents: | Ancestral Gods, ancestral tombs: the household and beyond -- 'Those with whom I sacrifice' -- Places of cult: Athens and the Demes -- International religion -- Who prays for Athens? Religion in civic life -- 'Those who make a profession out of rites': unlicensed, religion, and magic -- Religion in the theatre -- Festivals and their celebrants ; Annexe: the festival Skira -- Things done at festivals -- The festival year ; Annexe: the Oschophoria -- Parthenoi in ritual ; Annexe I: Kanephoroi at Brauron? ; Annexe 2: Festivals for boys: the religious world of the gymnasium -- The Panathenaea -- Women's festivals: Thesmophoria and Adonia -- The Anthesteria and other Dionysiac rites -- Eleusinian festivals -- Festivals, rituals, myths: reprise -- Gods at work I: protecting the city -- Gods at work II: the growth of plants and men ; Annexe: heroes and heroines -- Attic festivals: a check list -- Alciphron as heortologist |