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Polytheism and society at Athens
Abstract
Probably more is known about the religious life of Athens than of any other ancient city. This book attempts for the first time to give a comprehensive account of that religion from every angle - public festivals are there, including the Eleusinian Mysteries, but so are private rites and magic, and the treatment of religion by the great playwrights of Athens.
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The Athenians emerge as both very pious and very down-to-earth. - ;This book is the first attempt that has ever been made to give a comprehensive account of the religious life of ancient Athens. The city's many festivals are discussed in
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| Description | *Polytheism and society at Athens / Robert Parker Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 1 online resource (xxxii, 544 pages) : illustrations |
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| Note | Originally published in paperback: 2007. Formato pdf/epub Accesso riservato secondo le condizioni contrattuali https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=192184 |
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| ISBN | 9781429470803 | |
| 9780191705847 | ||
| 9780191534522 | ||
| EAN | 9780199274833 | |
| 9780199216116 | ||
| ISBN | 1429470801 | |
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| 0191534528 | ||
| 9780199274833 | ||
| 9780199216116 | ||
| 0199274835 | ||
| 0199216118 | ||
| Series | EBSCO Academic Collection | |
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| Publication year | 2005 | |
| Contents note | 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 |