Screen LibraryPolytheism and society at Athens
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxxii, 544 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0199274835 (alk. paper) 9780199274833 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | B986 |
| CLC: |
B986 B928.545 |
| Call Number: | B928.545/P242 |
| Contents: |
Includes indexes. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 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 -- Appendix I : Attic festivals : a check list -- Appendix II : Alciphron as heortologist. |